After home destroyed by fire, Felton resident adds up the costs - Press Banner | Scotts Valley, CA

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After home destroyed by fire, Felton resident adds up the costs - Press Banner | Scotts Valley, CA

Mark Livingston, 68, remembers how, a couple years back, a cat showed up at his rustic Felton house in the thick of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It seemed like the cat was homeless, so he took her in. He named her Charkie. She was tentative at first, but eventually she warmed up to the union electrician, who’d helped get the lights on at Silicon Valley offices for IBM, Amdahl and Apple. “It took about a month,” he said. “After we became friends, it…