Eaton Fire

(Newser) - Totress Beasley paid off the mortgage on her Pasadena home exactly one day before the Eaton Fire reduced it to smoldering ash. "We're in this circumstance with so many other people," the 64-year-old tells KTLA . She's not suffering alone, but there's an unfortunate downside to...

(Newser) - Before heading off to battle California's blazes, Pasadena firefighter Chien Yu evacuated his wife and two kids to safety from their own home in Altadena, reports KABC . Sadly, the Eaton Fire destroyed his house and others in the area, but there was a small bit of light as Yu...