In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who lived in nearby Altadena, predicted the catastrophic Los Angeles fires.

In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her archives

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?

Loss, love and a sense of belonging — survivors, evacuees, heroes and allies weigh in on what the fires revealed

"The future is not pretty and shiny. It has all the same problems that we have now." American Artist told ARTnews.

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...

When the Eaton Fire erupted, the Mountain View Cemetery and Mortuary in Altadena faced a rare struggle: racing to save thousands of loved ones who already passed. Heroic efforts saved the historic cemetery from the flames.

The Eaton fire ravaged a historic Black community in Altadena. Now, people are using the words of one of its most famous residents as a guide to rebuild.

but he did not visit the ravaged community of Altadena. Jan. 25, 2025 Attorney Ben Crump, who has filed wrongful death lawsuits against Southern California Edison after the Eaton fire, said ...

Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor rummaged through the debris of where their Altadena, California, home once stood to see what they could salvage from the destructive Eaton Fire. While Raynor ...

I moved away from California about 35 years ago, but I still think about the years I spent there. When I used to look up my old neighborhood in Altadena, CA on Google Maps, it was always green. Last week, when I looked it up on the Eaton Fire map, it was all yellow. When I looked it up tonight on a different map, it was mostly red.

The Jimmy Butler trade drama has picked up as his suspension ends. Let’s break down where things stand with Butler. The Miami Heat want out of the Jimmy Butler business, and if that means not getting full price in the trade, they’ll live with that.