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 ...
The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...
Los Angeles Times4d
Altadena had soul, solitude and community. Can those qualities survive devastating firestorm?
In the “E” is Octavia E. Butler, a science fiction author buried at an Altadena cemetery that caught fire. Inside one “A,” an image of the Mount Lowe Railway shows the town’s rich history.
Los Angeles Daily News3d
‘Countless’ GoFundMe campaigns for LA wildfire victims highlights enormous loss, need, generosity
A fundraiser for 83-year-old Altadena resident Walt Butler has raised more than $700,000. The goal set for the campaign started by his children was $250,000. Butler said the outpouring of support ...
Orange County Register3d
Fundraising for Los Angeles wildfire victims highlights the enormous loss, need
A fundraiser for 83-year-old Altadena resident Walt Butler has raised more than $700,000. The goal set for the campaign started by his children was $250,000. Butler said the outpouring of support ...
The Grio6d
Historic Black neighborhood of Altadena reduced to ashes in Los Angeles Wildfires
Amongst the thousands of acres set aflame by the Los Angeles wildfires, Altadena, a historically Black neighborhood, is left incinerated. Los Angeles County is engulfed in flames as a series of ...
The Atlantic5d
Altadena After the Fire
The night before, after losing power in her home in Altadena, my best friend and my goddaughter went to kill time in classic L.A. style: by driving through their local In-N-Out. Power outages from ...
Teen Vogue6d
The LA Fires Aren't a Surprise If You Study History and Climate Change. So Now What?
Last June, Pasadena, California — about 11 miles from downtown Los Angeles — decreed that June 22 was Octavia E. Butler Day, in honor of the science fiction writer born in the city on that ...