Writer Octavia Butler imagined an LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism ...
The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...
A storied Black community fears wildfires will claim its history
Altadena, the Los Angeles suburb leveled by the Eaton Fire, has a thriving Black community that bought homes in the civil ...
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Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning
We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...
Concerns about gentrification hang over LA community's destruction
The destruction caused by the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, which has decimated more than 14,117 acres in the last week, ...
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Generations of Black families built their lives in Altadena. Then the Eaton Fire swept through LA
During the illegal and discriminatory practice of redlining, generations of Black families put down roots in Altadena where ...
Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called the science fiction author a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of ...
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L.A. firestorms destroy a historic Black community
As the rapidly spreading Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles crept closer to the home he’d lived in for nearly six decades, Rodney ...
Column: Why everyone shares the same quotes about wildfires and Santa Anas
This time around, so many folks have posted the same Santa Ana and wildfire quotes to the point that the brilliant is ...
Wildfires latest: An additional 84,000 people could be ordered to evacuate, officials warn
Firefighters around Los Angeles were preparing on Tuesday to attack flare-ups or new blazes. The National Weather Service ...
National Archives Is Seeking Volunteers Who Have the ‘Superpower’ of Reading Cursive — Which Only 24 States Still Teach
"It's easy to do for a half hour a day or a week,” Suzanne Isaacs, community manager with the National Archives Catalog, said ...