SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 (UPI) -- The California Supreme Court is set to consider whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry in the Golden State.

SACRAMENTO, June 5 (UPI) -- The California Senate has passed a bill to extend the benefits of marriage and gay domestic partnerships to unmarried heterosexual couples.

SACRAMENTO, June 1 (UPI) -- The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is altering its policies to allow conjugal visits for gay and lesbian prisoners.

WOODLAND, Calif., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A clerk-recorder in one California county plans to distribute "certificates of inequality" to gay couples on Valentine's Day.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A controversial bill before the California legislature would require girls to be vaccinated against human papilloma virus when they enter sixth grade.