In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...

Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate change, racism and ...

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

ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler ... author of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving ...

Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.