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    For evacuees, a welcome mat at strangers' homes

    by Anna M. Phillips and Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times Dec 06, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS MOLINOS, Calif. - The day of the Camp fire, Gina Muse got a voicemail and a few texts from a friend, asking: "Can you take in a family of six?"

    Muse, a counselor for the California Department of Rehabilitation, is used to helping people. But she wasn't sure she was up for the task this time.

    It had been only two months since she moved from Chico to a 1,500-square-foot house in the Los Molinos countryside. The 51-year-old had moved to Tehama County for peace and quiet, and she hadn't even unpacked.

    Muse said she prayed. "What am I supposed to do?" she asked. The answer came quickly. She called her friend back half an hour

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