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The Altadena story, from Jackie Robinson’s home to ground zero
Altadena was a bastion for Black homeownership, but the January wildfires in Los Angeles have put these residents in a precarious situation.
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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena ...
Mom’s the Word: Altadena artists are going the hard way together
Johnson, who spent 16 years serving as music director and pianist for American songbook singer Steve Tyrell, works now with pop singer Debby Boone. He is also piano/keyboardist for the Clare Fischer ...
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In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
Her papers are in the Octavia E. Butler Archives at the Huntington Library. The Eaton fire came close to Altadena’s Mountain View Cemetery, where Butler is buried. “It’s still very popular ...
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Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In “Parable Of The Sower”
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 >report to the Associated Press ...
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Mom’s the Word: Altadena artists are going the hard way together
Of course there are the writers, from Zane Grey to Octavia Butler, and Naomi Hirahara, Michele Zack and Jervey Tervalon. But as a piano-lesson-dropout, I knew of Altadena’s art and music scene ...