Woman Paid Off Mortgage Just 1 Day Before L.A. Wildfire Burned Down Home: 'Not Sure What My Retirement Will Be Now'

A Pasadena, Calif., woman had finished paying off the mortgage of her home one day before it was destroyed during theLos Angeles-area wildfireslast week. “We’re in this circumstance with so many other people, victims of the fire,” Totress Beasley, 64, said in an interview withCW affiliate KTLA. Beasley, who is nearing retirement, had been saving and paying off her three-bedroom home for years,AARPreported. The city employee made her final mortgage payment on Jan.

Woman Paralyzed by Falling Tree Can Move Again Thanks to Groundbreaking Device: 'It Gives Us Hope'

Quadriplegic Jessie Owen can move her arms enough to paint after trying a new device that restores movement to those with spinal injuries.Photo:Center for Neurotechnology/YouTube Center for Neurotechnology/YouTube Jessie Owen was traveling with her family twelve years ago when, while going through a mountain pass, atree fellon their car. “In that moment, my parents passed away, my siblings were severely injured, and I became quadriplegic," Owen toldABC News. “I lost my independence.

Woman Praises Gardener Who Lost Home in L.A. Fires But Saved Hers as Their Neighborhood Burned: ‘An Angel’

“He started watering and he watered the entire front part of the house,” Saenz said. The next morning, the two decided to evacuate as the flames became too intense. Saenz drove to National City where she was originally from and her parents lived, while Martinez said he was going to the shelter with his daughter, according to the report. Later, fire crews arrived and sprayed protective foam on the home, Saenz said.

Woman Reconnects with Her Ex on Facebook After 36 Years, but Now She Says She Is 'Terrified' She'll Get Hurt

Photo:Getty Getty A woman’s love life took an unexpected turn, but now she says she’s scared of getting hurt. The 55-year-old woman wrote on theU.K.-based forum Mumsnetthat she recently reconnected with an ex, named Mark, after 36 years. The pair dated when they were 17 years old and later became engaged. “We had a great connection, it was mutually respectful and the physical relationship was great,” she wrote of herself and Mark, then explaining that life happened.

Woman Refuses to Attend Her Sister’s Wedding to a 'Complete Stranger'

Stock image of rings with judge on book on table.Photo:Getty Getty One woman isn’t too keen on attending her sister’s upcoming courthouse wedding.The woman revealed in a recent post onReddit’s “Am I the A——?” forum, that her sister is getting ready to walk down the aisle, but she doesn’t agree with the couple’s decision to tie the knot.The 26-year-old woman, under the username Valuable-Response992, explained that her 33-year-old sister texted her asking her to take off a day work in early March, and when the original poster asked why, her sister replied: “‘I’m getting married.