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 ...
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.
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American Artist builds on author Octavia Butler’s prescient, dystopian vision
In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...
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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 ...
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What We Can Learn From Octavia Butler in Times of Chaos
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ravage Los Angeles in 2025?
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In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
Octavia Butler ... acres in Altadena and parts of northeast Pasadena, reduced hundreds of homes to ash, and killed at least 16 people. It is one of the deadliest fires in California history.
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Author Pico Iyer’s story of coping after wildfire resonates not far from LA County fires
Thirty-four years after that conflagration turned his life upside down, Iyer returned to Southern California to share how it transformed ... As they conversed, a poster for Octavia Butler’s novel ...
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Altadena residents who lost homes in Eaton Fire sue Edison utility
Altadena homeowners have sued Southern California Edison Corp., claiming the utility’s equipment ignited the devastating ...
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Altadena Residents File Lawsuit Against Southern California Edison Over Devastating Eaton Fire
The lawsuit highlights Southern California Edison's failure to address increasing wildfire risks in Los Angeles County. Since 2016, nearly 300,000 acres have burned in 98 separate fires. As of January ...
Altadena resident and climate scientist honored for "saving countless lives" during Eaton Fire
"I know that if it weren't for Edgar, many more people would have died that night," Rep. Judy Chu said as she presented McGregor with an official Certificate of Congressional Recognition.
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