ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena ...

In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal, mid-2020s Southern California ravaged by wildfire, earthquakes and an addictive pharmaceutical that fuels a destructive drug ...

According to U.S. Census data, by 1980, Altadena was 43% Black. It became a Black middle-class enclave and cultural hub, home to icons like Sidney Poitier and Octavia Butler. Many Black families ...

Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles ... The Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, home to Butler’s final resting place, was caught in the >report to the Associated Press ...

“Altadena has a very strong ... of books and merchandise from Octavia’s Bookshelf, named after Octavia Butler, a prominent Black writer of the area. The California African American Museum ...