Capital Area District Libraries’ expert selectors have curated a dynamic Black History Month reading list for all ages, ...
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Altadena lost at least 17 lives and thousands of homes to the flames – many more than the City of Pasadena which, while also ...
As we address the aftermath of the wildfires, let us resolve not just to build back better but also smarter, with a ...
Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of ...
In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who ...
Installation view of American Artist: Shaper of God at Pioneer Works Dan Bradica Studio, courtesy Pioneer Works Digging even deeper into Butler’s biography, Artist has built a chicken coop as a ...
As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's ...