San Francisco's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is asking the city for some big financial help to stay afloat.

SEIU workers protest cuts -- to wages and services The San Francisco Controller's Office says that Mayor Newsom's plan to lay off 15,000 city employees then hire most of them back at a reduced workweek will save $110 million .

The Bay Area job market was far more feeble than experts first thought during 2009, confirming statewide trends - but figures released Wednesday also suggest the region's employment meltdown have begun to abate.

GayCalifornia politicians have served openly, but Sen. Roy Asburn is first Republican lawmaker, though reluctantly.

Since Mayor Gavin Newsom has been debating running for lieutenant governor for weeks now and has to decide by Friday's deadline to enter the race, it's hard to believe he still doesn't know if he's jumping in.

Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach. "I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba's universal health care system.

Officials have stopped all drug testing at San Francisco's police crime lab as they investigate allegations that a technician stole cocaine.