Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of ...

In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...

According to a UCLA study, Black residents in Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton ...

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ...

Discover how the community of Pasadena is coming together to rebuild and combat the climate crisis, inspired by their faith and commitment to the environment.

And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...

The historic fires in Los Angeles meant many students lost homes, schools, or both. Now, as some schools reopen, families are ...

On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was surrounded by walls of flames five stories high.

whose daughter Indie goes to Octavia E. Butler Magnet. As part of a multi-ethnic family, she says it was important to raise her children in a community as diverse as Altadena, and to send them to ...