Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up, dystopian tales of an alternate universe. You know, on some “War of the ...
The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once called home—grapples with recovery challenges that eerily echo her ...
Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.
In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...
As flames tore through the picturesque foothills of Altadena and Pasadena on Jan. 7, the Eaton Canyon fires left a historic ...
The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...
Nearly every day since the Eaton Fire destroyed her home, Dr. Dorothy Ludd-Lloyd’s relatives have tried to get the 88-year-old past the National Guard so she ...
Hollywood pays tribute to the irreplaceable artifacts and cultural touchstones that were destroyed, from the ‘Wizard of Oz’ ...
Santa Anas are those desiccating winds that occur commonly in winter, blowing out of Nevada and Utah and into southwestern ...
Octavia E. Butler and Mike Davis are just some of the Angelenos whose books can help us understand L.A.'s fires, plus Kristin ...
The first schools will reopen on Jan. 23 while the “Tier 3” schools – the most impacted – are expected to open Jan. 30.