ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world ...

Loss, love and a sense of belonging — survivors, evacuees, heroes and allies weigh in on what the fires revealed ...

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.

Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting communities across Southern ...

Although Butler passed away in 2006, her Parable of the Sower, " a speculative novel predicted the hell that's 2025.

Art has been behind — and indeed at the core of — every great revolution and social movement. There a mountain of important ...

The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...

Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...

Strong winds over the next day will create dangerous conditions as several major wildfires continue to burn in the Los ...