And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...

Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.

According to a UCLA study, Black residents in Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton ...

Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of fires, violence, racism, addiction, climate change, social inequality and an ...

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?

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

The historic fires in Los Angeles meant many students lost homes, schools, or both. Now, as some schools reopen, families are ...

ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire la ...