Opinion: Los Angeles and the literature of the apocalypse
Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.
Christian Science Monitor56m
Driving through Altadena, I found a community gutted but determined to rebuild
Our reporter surveys fire damage in her neighborhood around Altadena and Pasadena and ponders the future of this microcosm of Greater Los Angeles.
83-year-old man who lost home in Eaton Fire reacts to outpouring of support, nearly $1M in donations
Butler lost his home of 60 years in a fire that decimated the storied Black community of Altadena last week. The fire was one of several fires across Los Angeles that burned more than 14,000 acres, ...
What We Lost in the Fires
Hollywood pays tribute to the irreplaceable artifacts and cultural touchstones that were destroyed, from the ‘Wizard of Oz’ ...
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
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Black Altadena Residents Mourn What They Lost In The LA Wildfires & Try To Rebuild
Blair Imani Ali has lived close to Altadena, the historic Black neighborhood of Los Angeles, all her life. When I asked which ...
The Bay State Banner1d
L.A. firestorms destroy a historic Black community
As the rapidly spreading Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles crept closer to the home he’d lived in for nearly six decades, Rodney ...
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Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning
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, ...
A storied Black community fears wildfires will claim its history
Altadena, the Los Angeles suburb leveled by the Eaton Fire, has a thriving Black community that bought homes in the civil ...
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Residents Mourn the Loss of ‘Beautiful Altadena’ and Turn Toward Rebuilding
Altadena is not just any community – it has been a multicultural hub, filled with artists and creatives, architectural gems, ...
The Sacramento Observer1d
Los Angeles’s Historic Black Community Devastated by Eaton Canyon Fires
As flames tore through the picturesque foothills of Altadena and Pasadena on January 7, 2025, the Eaton Canyon fires ...
Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...