The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...

It’s not just about her speed. It’s her range, too. She’s written more than 250 books, from romantic one-offs and ...

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

I am writing with an exciting update about this column. Since we launched “Murmurations” in 2021, we have collectively survived, witnessed, and lost loved ones, species, and land to floods, drought, ...

You never expect it. As a journalist covering climate disasters and other news, I have always been on the outside, reporting ...

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

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The grave of renowned writer Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable of the Sower eerily envisioned fires consuming Los Angeles, ...