The Divine Nine is the nickname for the National Pan-Hellenic Council. A group of nine historically black greek-letter ...

A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa Clara River and Highway 126. The blaze was first reported shortly before 7 p.m. in the 600 block of Acacia Road.

At the conclusion of the second, Costner — a Santa Barbara local who co-wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film — will participate in a Q&A moderated by SBIFF executive director Roger ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara and the Mu Kappa chapter of UC Santa Barbara’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity hosted their annual silent march on Jan. 16 on campus. The silent march ...

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NBC senior White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell last week first announced the couple’s planned Santa Barbara County visit. The Bidens visited the Santa Ynez Valley last summer ...

ON SUNDAY THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, AND THE NWA MLK COUNCIL CAME TOGETHER. "If we all start to help each other, and that starts a snowball effect." ...

Sustained winds are expected to reach 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph for some areas, according to the National Weather Service. Relative humidity values are expected to plummet to less than 10% ...

The Santa Ana winds that fanned the fires devastating Southern California were forecast to return as firefighters scrambled to douse the deadly blazes that have destroyed more than 10,000 homes ...

The event sponsored by the San Diego Alpha Foundation and Zeta Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. featured more than eighty entries, this year. They included local high ...

By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which is set to take place Feb. 4-15, one day longer than previous editions, in recognition of its ...

The Alpha Delta Phi fraternity is still on interim suspension for an alleged hazing incident despite an appeal and an internal, third-party investigation that pointed blame at a pair of members.