In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALTADENA, Calif. -- Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler ... of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving ...

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 ...

Author Octavia Butler – best known for penning futuristic tales centered on the Black experience – was born and raised near Altadena ... lawsuit against Southern California Edison, alleging ...

Altadena, California (CNN ... was also scorched by the flames. Author Octavia Butler – best known for penning futuristic tales centered on the Black experience – was born and raised ...

Bookshelves have been replaced with food and toiletries, bins with packs of toothbrushes and other items were piled high in ...