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What Octavia Butler saw on Feb. 1, 2025, three decades ago
Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of ...
Altadena’s Black population was shrinking even before the fires. What happens next?
According to a UCLA study, Black residents in Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton ...
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JEALOUS: In Fire’s Wake, a Community Comes Together to Prevent Future Disasters
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.
Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires
Learning from Silence," a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.
LAist6d
In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
Altadena is one of those rare places in Los ... Between 1950 and 1960, the Black population rose from less than 1% to 4%. Octavia Butler, a celebrated science fiction writer, and Sidney Poitier ...
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Altadena fire victims committed to saving area’s Black identity
ALTADENA — Retaining this community’s Black working-class roots and longtime residents — attributes which make Altadena ...
The New Yorker4d
Lessons for the End of the World
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 Dallas Weekly2h
What We Can Learn From Octavia Butler in Times of Chaos
Discover how Octavia Butler's prescient novel 'Parable of the Sower' serves as a roadmap for survival in our chaotic times.