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Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment charging multimillionaire San Francisco financier Robert F. White with traveling to Thailand and Mexico to molest and exploit children. The grand jury indictment, reported by The Chronicle in April, accuses the 68-year-old White of conspiring to violate the so-called child sex tourism law. That law prohibits traveling from the United States to other countries to have sex with minors, even if the sexual activity is legal where it took place. He also is charged with conspiring to produce child pornography.

On saturday, June 5th, the liberal looney toons gathered to protest the war, President Bush, Israel, and a number of other things that had nothing to do with anything. The San Francisco Voice For Israel gathered in conjuction with the Protest Warriors and a few freepers. Here is my rundown on the days events. Please bear with me, I'm not much of a writer, but I'll do my best. The San Francisco Voice For Israel met at 10:30 at Market and Powell in San Francisco. Around 11:30 they marched down the sidewalk (they didn't have a permit to march in...

Anti-war protesters clash with pro-Israel confreres Thousands march down Market, want troops out of Iraq Thousands of protesters took to the sunny streets of downtown San Francisco on Saturday, hoping to turn public outrage over prisoner abuse in Iraq into demands to withdraw U.S. troops. A crowd estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 by both police and protest organizers gathered at United Nations Plaza, then marched down Market Street around noon to Justin Herman Plaza, where they listened to speakers demand an end to the U.S. military presence in Iraq. As they neared the Embarcadero, the protesters ran into about 500...

There's been an outpouring of support for North Beach merchant Lori Haigh, whose gallery was vandalized over a controversial war-related painting. But Haigh is uncomfortable with the latest show of solidarity -- a proposal by San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin to display the polemic art at City Hall. "I think it's just asking for trouble," said Haigh, 39, who has returned the piece to its creator, Berkeley artist Guy Colwell. Titled "Abuse," the 30-by-30-inch acrylic on canvas painting depicts three hooded, naked prisoners connected to electrical wires held by American soldiers, and in the background another soldier escorting a robed...

Attention California freepers: The Protest Warriors and SFVOICEFORISRAEL.ORG will be countering the International Answer this Saturday, June 5th. We will be out to show our support for President Bush, the operations in Iraq, Israel, and our troops. If you would like to join us we are meeting at embarcadero bart at 11:00 a.m. or our final meeting point will be Justin Herman Plaza, which is right across the street from Embarcadero Plaza (where the looney left is ending up). Come bearing flags and signs and lets show our support for President Bush and our troops!! Any and all help is...

After displaying a painting of U.S. soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, a San Francisco gallery owner bears a painful reminder of the nations unresolved anguish over the incidents at Abu Ghraib -- a black eye and bloodied brow delivered by an unknown assailant who apparently objected to the art work. The assault outside the Capobianco gallery in the citys North Beach district Thursday night was the worst, but only the latest in a string of verbal and physical attacks that have directed at owner Lori Haigh since the painting, titled "Abuse," was installed there on May 16.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two San Francisco officers have been caught in compromising positions. A hardcore porn video shows an SFPD officer having a sexual encounter with the female institutional police officer from the Sheriff's Department. The officers have not been charged. Police chief Heather Fong was reportedly informed about the video late last week. Both departments have launched investigations into the behavior of the two officers. "The Department has started an immediate investigation into the incident to determine if any department rules, policies, procedures have been violated. Also if any criminal conduct has occurred," explains Maria Oropeza, SFPD spokeswoman....

Episcopal bishop in SF sanctioned after marrying same-sex partner The Associated PressLast Updated 7:35 am PDT Saturday, May 8, 2004SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Episcopal Diocese of California has sanctioned a retired bishop for marrying his same-sex partner during a church ceremony in San Francisco, according to a published report. The diocese has revoked the Rev. Otis Charles' license to officiate and removed him as an assisting bishop, according to an article published Thursday in The Living Church, a magazine for Episcopalians. Charles served as Episcopal bishop of Utah for 15 years. He came out as gay following his 1993...

The court would have to decide if the 4,000 marriages remain valid, if they would be automatically be voided or of they could they be voided at some time in the future. Assuming Newsom's defeat, which many legal scholars predict, the court asked: "Would the marriages that have been performed and registered nonetheless be valid, would the marriages be voidable or would the marriages be void?" Lockyer has already told the court in briefs that the marriages, which have left the newlyweds in a state of legal limbo, are invalid and that those married should get their $82 fees refunded.

SAN FRANCISCO - A state judge on Thursday declined to allow gay marriage opponents to intervene in lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a California law defining marriage between a man and woman. The Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Alliance Defense Fund sought to inject themselves into the case to argue against gay marriage. San Francisco County Superior Court Judge James Warren declined the request, saying the groups would not be harmed however the litigation ends. In 2000, 4.6 million Californians approved Proposition 22 defining marriage as a union of a woman and man. San Francisco Mayor...

SAN FRANCISCO — In certain corners of this city, last month's same-sex wedding bells had a nice echo: ka-ching! The Handlery Union Square Hotel counted more than 80 walk-ins on the first weekend the marriages were offered. Reservations for several wedding parties of 30 had been booked at Max's Opera Cafe by the time the marriages had been halted.

Lockyer: SF officials violated separation of powers in gay marriages By: LISA LEFF - Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney General Bill Lockyer told the California Supreme Court Thursday that in issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, San Francisco authorities violated the separation of powers doctrine by assuming for themselves "more power than the Governor, or the Supreme Court, or the Legislature." The seven justices are considering whether San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom had the legal authority to direct his administration to sanction marriages of gay and lesbians even though the state's Family Code in at least three places defines...

What happens when the San Francisco mayor who pushed gay marriage onto the national agenda visits the nation’s capital? March 26 - It's hard to be both a rising star and a pariah, but that's what San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is in the Democratic Party. His approval rating is 67 percent, but many Democrats believe he hurt his party's chances in November by forcing the issue of gay marriage. Newsom was in Washington this week, but he wasn't conferring with John Kerry or anybody else outside of the California delegation. "Politicians aren't lining up to see me or meet...

<p>San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday he realizes his push to legalize same-sex marriage has made him radioactive to many of his fellow Democrats and will severely limit his role in the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, a longtime friend for whom the mayor and his father are raising tens of thousands of dollars.</p>

Barbara Herrera (left) and Sarah Hubbard, a San Diego County deputy sheriff, were married last month in San Francisco. The county doesn't recognize the marriage. Barbara Herrera (left) and Sarah Hubbard, a San Diego County deputy sheriff, were married last month in San Francisco. The county doesn't recognize the marriage. ENCINITAS – Sarah Hubbard, 39, and Barbara Herrera, 42, have built a good life in the 18 years they have been together. They've raised four kids, bought a house and built a business. They see themselves as a happy ordinary American family with an annual pass to Disneyland. But...

At City Hall in San Francisco: ''Next.'' ''Good morning. We want to apply for a marriage license.'' ''Names?'' ''Tim and Jim Jones.'' ''Jones? Are you related? I see a resemblance.'' ''Yes, we're brothers.'' ''Brothers? You can't get married.'' ''Why not? Aren't you giving marriage licenses to same-gender couples?'' ''Yes, thousands. But we haven't had any siblings. That's incest.'' ''Incest? No, we're not gay.'' ''Not gay? Then why do you want to get married?'' ''For the financial benefits, of course. And we do love each other. Besides, we don't have any other prospects.'' ''But we're issuing marriage licenses to gay and...

These photos were taken at the "Global Day of Action" rally in San Francisco on Saturday, March 20th, 2004. You may have seen other photos taken at the rally, reprinted in newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle, or on Web sites of groups like A.N.S.W.E.R. But none of them truly capture the essence of what the rally was really like. The only way I could find out what was really going on was to go and document it myself. Which I did. I took so many pictures that I have posted them here on several pages (to avoid having over...

These photos were taken at the "Global Day of Action" rally in San Francisco on Saturday, March 20th, 2004. You may have seen other photos taken at the rally, reprinted in newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle, or on Web sites of groups like A.N.S.W.E.R. But none of them truly capture the essence of what the rally was really like. The only way I could find out what was really going on was to go and document it myself. Which I did. I took so many pictures that I have posted them here on several pages (to avoid having over...

<p>Ghirardelli Square, the famed former chocolate factory at Fisherman's Wharf that has become one of the best-known icons of San Francisco, is being sold for about $38 million, The Chronicle has learned.</p> <p>JMA Properties, a Los Altos real estate investment group, will buy the 111-year-old property, which is now a retail and office center, from longtime owner Capital & Counties USA.</p>

Here are some pics from the Counter-Rally in San Francisco. God bless the Protest Warriors. Visit us online at Protestwarrior.com.