Octavia Butler's prescient novels offer a roadmap for survival in our changing world. Discover how her Afrofuturist works inspire hope and action.

Octavia Butler was often noted for being ahead of her time. A science fiction writer, she became the first Black woman to gain widespread acclaim in a genre that was predominantly white and male.

The Altadena resident turned her bookstore, Octavia's Bookshelf, into a support hub to help her community during the recent ...

The NAACP Image Awards is putting a spotlight on Altadena residents who have experienced devastating loss following the Los ...

From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and told us about it.

An Altadena woman’s bookstore made it through the Eaton Fire but was still transformed by the disaster, turning into a resource hub, and healing haven for the community. Octavia’s Bookshelf is ...

The day before the fires in Los Angeles began, I sat up in bed and ... People are not incorrect about Octavia Butler predicting the future, but they’re not always clear about what kind of ...

As they conversed, a poster for Octavia Butler's novel ”Parable of the Sower," considered prophetic by some in its depiction of a dystopian future where Los Angeles is ravaged by climate change ...

I will start by saying something nice about Parable Of The Sower, which is that it really is as prescient as advertised. So ...