Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism ...

The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...

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

AMY GOODMAN: Prophetic, the Black famous writer Octavia Butler back in 2005, from Pasadena, buried in Altadena. As she talked about prisons, Sonali, what about the incarcerated firefighters?

Altadena is one of those rare places in Los Angeles County where people of many backgrounds and ethnicities have been able to afford the American Dream of homeownership. Situated near the base of ...

In Altadena, the Eaton fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures and killed at least five people. The fire has upended a cherished way of life in the eclectic community, where residents are drawn ...

Vickey Turner-Ezell had evacuated due to the Santa Ana winds before, so as she watched the embers and smoke rolling along in the distance from her Altadena home last Tuesday night she didn’t ...

Debbie Slavin says the first six houses on her block were burned to the ground. The wildfires burning across the Los Angeles area have ravaged thousands of structures, with the Eaton Fire ...