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

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…