As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for ...
Rebecca Castillo is a video creator and special projects lead for Los Angeles Times’ High School Insider and other Public Affairs programs. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of Swarthmore ...
This California town, home to many migrants from the Deep South, has determined to rebuild after the Eaton fire’s destruction ...
The Altadena resident turned her bookstore, Octavia's Bookshelf, into a support hub to help her community during the recent ...
Altadena is one of those rare places in Los ... Between 1950 and 1960, the Black population rose from less than 1% to 4%. Octavia Butler, a celebrated science fiction writer, and Sidney Poitier ...
The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
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 path of the Eaton fire but sustained ...
After realizing her business survived the Eaton Fire, Nikki High, opened her bookstore’s shelfs for donations and offered electricity and internet connection to evacuees.
I've never felt so nervous while flying back to my hometown in Southern California. I also feel a sense of urgency among ...
Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due are leaning into Butler’s Afrofuturistic vision to save hearts “in the midst of stress.” By Aaron Foley In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler ...
Butler still has strong ties to the community. She is buried at Mountain View Mortuary and Cemetery in Altadena. And Octavia’s Bookshelf, a Pasadena bookstore named for the beloved author is ...
The grave of renowned writer Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable of the Sower eerily envisioned fires consuming Los Angeles, remains intact at Altadena’s Mountain View Cemetery despite nearby ...