SF News Judge Orders Military to Halt 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Immediately U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips of Riverside ordered the U.S. military to "immediately halt all discharges of openly gay personnel under 'don't ask, don't tell,' a policy she declared unconstitutional
SF News BREAKING: Same Sex Marriage Stay Lifted, But... Judge Vaughn Walker, the federal judge who last week overturned Proposition 8, California's same sex marriage ban, issued a ruling to lift the stay on same sex marriage in California. The majority of
SF News Prop 8 Ruling In Its Entirety For those of you interested in Walker's decision in its entirety, you read the full Proposition 8 decision. Judge Vaughn Walker found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional under both the equal protection clauses
SF News Photos: Gay Marriage Ban Overturned, San Francisco Today, Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Proposition 8 -- California's discriminatory same-sex marriage ban -- unconstitutional. Here are some scenes from outside the San Francisco Federal Courthouse shortly after Walker's decision was announced.
SF News (UPDATED) Judge Vaughn Walker Rules Prop. 8 Unconstitutional Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by Judge Vaughn Walker, according to New York Magazine who had early word on today's ruling. Big news: According to a source who has seen the 136-page decision,
SF News Here's 10 'Day of Decision' In the Bay Area Care of the Contra Costa Times, reporter Matt O'Brien tells us about 10 Prop. 8 Rallies happening after today's Prop 8 ruling announcement. Concord: 6 p.m. at Todos Santos Plaza on Willow
SF News Quote du Jour: Judicial Misconduct in Mehserle Hearing? After ruling today that disgraced BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle will, in fact, stand trial for the New Year's Day killing of Oscar Grant, Superior Court Judge C. Don Clay said the following.
SF News What People Are Saying About the Prop 8 Ruling What are notables saying about the California State Supreme Court upholding prop. 8? Let's find out. Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D, San Francisco): Today's Supreme Court opinion upholding Prop. 8 is a stark reminder
misc Photo du Jour 320 San Francisco police officer Len Broberg, right, hugs Doug Mezzacapo, left, a married gay man, in front of San Francisco City Hall today.
SF News Explanation of Prop 8 Ruling and What to Do Now Matt Baume (SFAppeal contributor, SFist emeritus, Stop8.org founder, and one of the leading voice in the fight against prop. 8) created this helpful film that explains today's Prop 8 ruling and what
SF News Prop 8 Announcement Today At 10 a.m. this morning, the state supreme court will announce its ruling whether to overturn or uphold prop 8, the gay marriage banned that passed last November. The constitutional amendment barely
SF News Prop 8 Decision on Tuesday After much speculation this week, the California State Supreme Court will announce its official decision on Prop 8, the gay marriage ban, on Tuesday, May 26 Here's what will go down the day
SF News The Eve of Justice: Prop 8 Vigils Planned for Prop. 8 Supreme Court Ruling Next Wednesday, March 4, vigils all over the country will take place the day before the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the validity of Prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban that
SF News Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Forces State Workers to Take Unpaid 'Vacation' Days Going against the wishes of state workers' unions that said the governor's plan to save $1.3 billion with unpaid time off was both illegal and unconstitutional, Judge Patrick Marlette ruled this morning
SF News BREAKING NEWS: Bernie Ward Gets 7 Years That's it. Former KGO radio host Bernie Ward gets seven years and three months in the clink for sending child pornography over the Internets. A former Roman Catholic, Ward sent images where "children
SF News State Supreme Court to Doctors: Treat Gays and Lesbians Like Human Beings This morning the California state Supreme Court ruled that doctors "must treat gays and lesbians the same as any other patient." What a novel idea, right? It all started back in 2000 when
SF News Tree Sitters Lose Yet Another Round More time is being wasted over in Berkeley over those damn oak trees. This time the Berkeley City Council voted last night that they it "will not seek a stay of a judge's
SF News Another Berkeley Tree-Sitter Arrested, Standoff Continues While police have tried to starve and cutoff supplies to the few remaining protesters up in the UCB oak grove, another tree-sitter was arrested yesterday afternoon at around 5 p.m. Performing yoga
misc Sports Facility Plans Put On Hold, Trustifarians Feel Like They've Accomplished Something UCB's plans to mow down an oak grove and put up a sports training facility were put on hold. It seems a judge halted the plans until "the university can prove the project
SF News Newsom Expresses His Distaste for San Diego's Most Recent Stance On Queer Marriage When did San Diego become so...? After this month's historic ruling that will allow the gays to legally wed in the state of California, San Diego County Clerk Gregory Smith let it slip
SF News Sensitive Judge Says Gay Marriage Ruling Was One Of His Toughest California Supreme Court Judge Chief Justice Ronald George tells the fine folks over at KTVU that last week's overturning to the state same-sex marriage ban, which will then make gay marriage legal in
SF News Light Brown Apple Moth Spray Off Today a major setback struck the final solution, if you will, against the light brown apple moth. Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick ruled that "aerial pesticide sprays must halt over Santa Cruz County
