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After losing her home to wildfire, Paradise postal carrier finds comfort in her route

PARADISE, Calif. - Theresa Knowles pulls her U.S. Postal Service truck up to a quaint beige ranch home on Gate Lane and honks.

Colleen Bottini opens the front door. "I have a package for you," Knowles calls as Bottini makes her way through the yard. "How've you been holding up?"

"We're hanging in there," Bottini says, taking a stack of envelopes from Knowles and clutching them to her chest. "One day at a time. We're still real concerned about the water. ... Cold showers when its

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