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 ...
Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...
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 ...
Altadena's diverse history at risk as LA fires continue to burn
The destruction caused by the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, which has decimated more than 14,117 acres in the last week, ...
Los Angeles wildfires latest: Death toll stays at 24 after additional report was non-human remains
Strong winds over the next day will create dangerous conditions as several major wildfires continue to burn in the Los ...
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One Week In, LA’s Fires Are Still Spreading
Of the three active fires in Los Angeles, the Hurst Fire in San Fernando is 97 percent contained, at 799 acres; the Palisades ...
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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 ...
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Books 2024: A Sci-Fi Writer’s Premonition About the U.S. Today
Octavia herself says in interviews that science fiction allows for the open imagination—there are no limits or guidelines on sci-fi, which is one reason why she loved this genre. The scholars also ...
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‘Dawn’: Ava DuVernay’s Array to Make Series Adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Sci-fi Classic
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