A crowd of about 40 people gathered in front of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as the hearing was about to start.  In front of the courthouse, Molly McKay, the national media director of Marriage Equality USA, and Reverend Roland Stringfellow led the gathering in a special Prop. 8-themed Christmas Carol.    Faith was on display at a morning protest. "God is behind us today," ......

At 10:30 a.m. on Sacramento and Montgomery, things started out relatively quietly. Gradually, the crowd grew as more and more people "snuck" out of their offices--including a fair number of suit-and-tie-clad men, who stood a few feet away from the crowd,  Blackberrys poised in their hands.  Across the street, employees had their faces pressed against the windows of office buildings, occasionally showering the crowds below with something that looked like ......

For weeks, Litquake has been secretive about the appearance of a "very special guest indeed" at this year's literary festival. And now the fest has announced who it is: Tom Waits. Waits will join the already flashy line-up of artists and authors, including Patti Smith, Winona Ryder, Michael McClure and New Yorker cartoonist Eric Drooker, who will be paying tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti at a live concert on October 2 ......

SFMOMA introduced Snøhetta, the architecture team that will be partnering on the museum’s expansion, at a media event today. Snøhetta's principals, Kjetil Thorsen and Craig Dykers, also announced for the first time the selection of their associate partner, the San Francisco-based EHDD Architecture. While Snøhetta had no design to show yet, the team spoke about its previous projects and its “architectural philosophy of engagement.” “We’re not trying to design an ......

C-Section rates around the world are at an all-time high — and now a recent report from California Watch says California is right up there with the rest of the globe. According to the analysis, for-profit hospitals perform more C-Sections than nonprofit hospitals in California. The analysis, which was based on a statewide database of birthing records, found that women who go to for-profit hospitals are 17 percent more likely ......