Writer Octavia Butler imagined an LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism ...
Democracy Now3d
Untold Stories of L.A. Fires: Incarcerated Firefighters, Black Altadena & Octavia Butler’s Warning
AMY GOODMAN: Prophetic, the Black famous writer Octavia Butler back in 2005, from Pasadena, buried in Altadena. As she talked about prisons, Sonali, what about the incarcerated firefighters?
LAist3d
In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
Altadena is one of those rare places in Los Angeles County where people of many backgrounds and ethnicities have been able to afford the American Dream of homeownership. Situated near the base of ...
Los Angeles Times5d
Altadena had soul, solitude and community. Can those qualities survive devastating firestorm?
In Altadena, the Eaton fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures and killed at least five people. The fire has upended a cherished way of life in the eclectic community, where residents are drawn ...
Los Angeles Daily News2d
Altadena’s historic Black community pulls together after destructive Eaton fire
Vickey Turner-Ezell had evacuated due to the Santa Ana winds before, so as she watched the embers and smoke rolling along in the distance from her Altadena home last Tuesday night she didn’t ...
ABC News3d
Altadena woman reflects on her home being the only one on her block to survive fire
Debbie Slavin says the first six houses on her block were burned to the ground. The wildfires burning across the Los Angeles area have ravaged thousands of structures, with the Eaton Fire ...
Grist2d
Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell. That won’t last.
Randy and Miki Quinton held hands as they walked uphill into what remains of their neighborhood in Altadena, the unincorporated Los Angeles suburb where they had lived for more than 20 years.
Los Angeles Times2d
Letters to the Editor: Altadena has been a refuge for Black residents. Its destruction is a huge loss
To the editor: I am watching from Sacramento in complete dismay and sadness the destruction of the beautiful community of western Altadena. We called this area home for years. My parents were able ...