Altadena’s Black population was shrinking even before the fires. What happens next?
According to a UCLA study, Black residents in Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton ...
Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires
Learning from Silence," a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.
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Newsmakers: American Artist on Seeing the Patterns of the Climate Crisis as LA Fires Rage
"The future is not pretty and shiny. It has all the same problems that we have now." American Artist told ARTnews.
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American Artist builds on author Octavia Butler’s prescient, dystopian vision
In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...
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Lessons for the End of the World
And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...
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What We Can Learn From Octavia Butler in Times of Chaos
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?
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In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
Octavia Butler ... acres in Altadena and parts of northeast Pasadena, reduced hundreds of homes to ash, and killed at least 16 people. It is one of the deadliest fires in California history.
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Spared by the Eaton Fire, cemetery hopes to play active role in Altadena's next chapter
When the Eaton Fire erupted, the Mountain View Cemetery and Mortuary in Altadena faced a rare struggle: racing to save ...
Altadena’s Black community is bearing brunt of Eaton fire, UCLA study finds
A UCLA study found that the Eaton fire disproportionally impacted Black households in Altadena. Here’s what they found.
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Eaton Fire evacuees return to scenes of devastation, some hope in Altadena
Under mandatory evacuation, Jones and several other Altadena residents were met by yellow caution tape and National Guard and California Highway Patrol personnel. Frustrated and unable to reach ...
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