SAN FRANCISCO - The large rainbow flag that waves in Harvey Milk Plaza was lowered to half-staff after California's highest court upset a string of gay rights victories in other states by upholding a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday provided lawmakers with a detailed list of cuts to close the state’s $21 billion deficit, proposing that California eliminate welfare for 500,000 families and terminate health coverage for nearly 1 million children.

OAKLAND, Calif. - A BART officer said Tuesday that an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by another officer at an Oakland train station failed to obey her commands before his death.

Here are some excerpts from the California Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upheld the state’s gay marriage ban while also preserving the marriages of the approximately 18,000 couples who wed before the ban took place.

The state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriages in California, should stand.

A series of local groups supporting same-sex marriages in California have a rally and march planned for later this afternoon in Napa.

Crowds of gay marriage supporters came together at Napa’s Veteran’s Memorial Park Tuesday to challenge each other to build a successful campaign to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage.

The search is on for a principal to run American Canyon High School, which will open to freshmen and sophomores for the 2010-11 academic year.

American Canyon police arrested a man who gave officers at least four aliases following an evening traffic stop on Memorial Day.

Developers are offering to pay more than $500,000 to help solve the needs of an ailing Lake Berryessa water district if county officials agree to give the green light to a controversial Pope Valley golf course.

Napa Police arrested two Napa teens Saturday evening after the duo allegedly broke into a South Coombs Street impound facility to retrieve a car belonging to one of the boys’ mothers.

A big crowd took to the streets of Napa early Tuesday evening to protest the California Supreme Court decision to uphold Prop 8 and to look forward at promoting same-sex marriage.