California State Attorney General Jerry Brown was honored Saturday night by gay rights group Equality California. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown was honored Saturday night by gay rights group Equality California, the 'San Diego Union-Tribune' reported. Brown has adamantly maintained that Proposition 8, California's 2008 voter-approved gay marriage ban, is unconstitutional. Equality California, the state's largest gay rights advocate, honored Brown with the group's Equality Leadership Award. Brown has refused to defend the gay marriage ban in ongoing litigation and has joined in a federal lawsuit that calls the ban unconstitutional. ?There's progress here,? he said, referring to attitudes about gay marriage. ?We're getting there, but there's going to be a struggle.? Brown, a former California governor, has emerged as the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of the Golden State in 2010. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newson, a long-time gay community all

Merriman not happy with GM's comments that Chargers have been 'soft and bewildered' at times. Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman wasn't pleased to read a comment from general manager A.J. Smith that the team's play at times this year has been "soft and bewildered."

News that The New York Times Co. has called off a sale of The Boston Globe was greeted with relief by some in the region yesterday. Paul S. Grogan, president of The Boston Foundation, New England's biggest public charity, called the decision ``unqualified good news for the city of Boston and the whole region.'' ``I'm very excited about it,'' Grogan said. ``The Globe is an enormously significant asset to this community, and it was unthinkable for a lot of us to imagine it disappearing or getting so weak that it couldn't perform its civic function.'' Grogan noted that the paper had uncovered political scandals and delved into critical aspects of education reform in the past year. ``The Globe has frankly covered itself with glory under these conditions,'' Grogan said of a period in which the paper was in the awkward position of writing about itself and its fate. He said the ordeal, and the Globe's continued dedication to news coverage, had ``reminded everybody how much it matters to this

RED SOX NOTEBOOK Despite having back surgery Wednesday, it is clear that 43-year-old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is not looking toward retirement. He said yesterday that he's not interested only in getting the 18 wins necessary to make him the career leader in Red Sox history, but that he's looking toward 200 and beyond. ``Past that, I can't really tell you,'' said Wakefield, who has 175 wins with the Sox, 189 overall. ``I'm not planning on getting to that point and retiring, if that's the question you're asking. ``I still feel like I can contribute. I still feel like I can compete at the highest level, and I'm going to continue to play as long as my body allows me and as long as the Red Sox want me around. ``I do have those goals in mind, and it's not the only reason why I'm playing. I'm playing because I feel like I can still contribute to us winning a championship.'' Wakefield is likely to sit down with the Red Sox in the near future to discuss his contract. The Sox have recurring o

The top 25 US newspapers for the April-September period, by daily and Sunday circulation. The top 25 U.S. newspapers by average weekday and Sunday circulation from April through September. The percentage changes are from the same six-month span last year.

Man who threw feces at jury, smeared it on lawyer in Calif. courtroom, gets 31 years in prison. A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San Diego courtroom during his home-invasion robbery trial, smeared it on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years in prison.

Man who threw feces at jury, smeared it on lawyer in Calif. courtroom, gets 31 years in prison. A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San Diego courtroom during his home-invasion robbery trial, smeared it on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years in prison.

San Diego power company, Cox Communications settle 2007 wildfire case for $17 million. San Diego Gas & Electric and Cox Communications have agreed to pay $17 million to settle claims by state investigators that poor maintenance led to three huge Southern California wildfires in 2007.

Decorated Marine, famously photographed by AP after Baghdad's fall, runs for Congress. A decorated Marine veteran famously photographed smoking a cigar after the fall of Baghdad is running for Congress in California's most southern district.

Vessel rescues 8 people, including pregnant woman, clinging to capsized boat off Tijuana coast. Seven men and a pregnant woman clinging to a capsized boat have been rescued in Mexican waters off the coast of Tijuana.

San Diego Union-Tribune to ax 112 jobs in latest round of cuts since new ownership. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that 112 jobs are being cut at the newspaper, the second round of major layoffs since an ownership change in May.

Report: 2 of 3 groups bidding to buy The Boston Globe invited to tour the newspaper. Two of the three groups bidding to buy The Boston Globe have been invited to a series of meetings at the newspaper in early September.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Thursday that 112 jobs were being cut at the newspaper, just months after its new owner laid off nearly 200 employees.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Thursday that 112 jobs were being cut at the newspaper, just months after its new owner laid off nearly 200 employees.

San Diego Union-Tribune to ax 112 jobs in latest round of cuts since new ownership. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that 112 jobs are being cut at the newspaper, the second round of major layoffs since an ownership change in May.

Del Mar adopts softer whips that will get horses' attention with popping noise, not pain. Del Mar is taking the sting out of its whips.

Fred Kinne, San Diego editor whose paper won Pulitzer for plane crash coverage, dies at 93. Fred Kinne, a veteran editor who helped a San Diego newspaper win the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of a 1978 plane crash, has died. He was 93.

Luxury San Diego resort offers $19 room _ minus bed, lights or toilet paper. A luxury resort in San Diego is offering rooms for $19 a night ? if you don't mind sleeping in a tent.

Luxury San Diego resort offers $19 room _ minus bed, lights or toilet paper. A luxury resort in San Diego is offering rooms for $19 a night ? if you don't mind sleeping in a tent.

Former LA Times president Jack Klunder appointed publisher of Daily News of Los Angeles. Jack Klunder has been named publisher of the Daily News of Los Angeles, the newspaper announced Friday.