One year before Black History Month was established, a small group of black women walked into the Santa Monica office of then-mayor Nathaniel Trives hoping to designate an official day in Santa Monica commemorating "the black experience." Read more...

Gas prices have dropped statewide by almost 20 cents a gallon in the past month, but experts say not to expect the low prices to last. Read more...

When Christine Stevens traveled to Iraq to help people with her music, she found herself in a hospital, surrounded by sick, sobbing children with only a hand-held drum and a flute. Read more...

A university grant used to take care of student fees for Jose Jaramillo. Read more...

A gunman killed five and injured 16 Thursday afternoon at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. before shooting himself, authorities said. Four of the victims were female and one was male, said NIU President John Peters at a news conference Thursday evening. Read more...

Students in bright yellow T-shirts etched with "Tuition Relief Now" are working to alleviate the rising fees of the University of California and the California State University system by gathering signatures for a referendum. Read more...

For the first time since the establishment of the superdelegate system in 1984, the votes of the superdelegates may decide the presidential nominee at this year's Democratic Party National Convention. Read more...