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

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

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 ...

When the Eaton Fire blazed through Altadena earlier this month it took more than homes and memories — it devastated a city that has long been a haven for Black families.

And when he came home to the northeast Los Angeles County town of Altadena at 8 PM, Eaton Canyon was on fire. “My neighbor and I stepped out onto the street, and the whole sky was red,” he recounts.

Two weeks after the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes in two distinct LA-area communities, many in Los ...