Family
Scheer was formerly married to Serena Turan Scheer. Serena was from Brooklyn and was on the editorial staff of Root and Branch. Robert Scheer married Anne Butterfield Weills in 1965; they later divorced. Robert's son Christopher Weills Scheer was born September 8, 1968.
Robert Scheer is now married to Narda Catharine Zacchino. Zacchino worked at the Los Angeles Times for 31 years, at which she became the associate editor and a vice president. She was later deputy editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. Zacchino is the co-author of three books, and is a Senior Fellow at USC's Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.
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