Jeff Collins
Reporter, Housing and Real Estate at Orange County Register
Reporter, Housing and Real Estate at Los Angeles Daily News
Housing and real estate writer for the Orange County Register and Southern California News Group; 2022 board chair for https://t.co/YLvaiYvibb. Email: [email protected]
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dailynews.com | Jeff Collins
Business owner Joe Chahayed holds a check outside Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, northeast of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. For selling the winning ticket, Joe’s Service Center received a maximum Powerball bonus of $1 million. (AP file photo/Damian Dovarganes) PUBLISHED: June 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM PDTAltadena native Edwin Castro is using some of his Powerball winnings to buy up lots in the Eaton Fire zone. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed?
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1 week ago |
ocregister.com | Jeff Collins
Paying $2 for a lottery ticket is like buying a cheap daydream. Visions of unlimited wealth dance in your head — until the numbers are drawn and the ticket ends up in the trash. For Edwin Castro, 33, that daydream turned reality when the ticket matched all six numbers in a 2022 Powerball drawing, making him a $2.04 billion winner of the biggestlottery jackpot in world history, according to the California Lottery.
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sacbee.com | Jeff Collins
Edwin Castro has avoided the spotlight since he won a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot from a ticket he bought at an Altadena gas station 2 ½ years ago. In recent months, however, the largest lottery winner in history plowed some of those winnings back into Altadena, paying $8.9 million to buy up at least a dozen burned-out homesites in the beleaguered community.
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sacbee.com | Jeff Collins
Sixteen buyers of two or more lots accounted for at least 72 of the sales in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, a Southern California News Group analysis of county records and Redfin data show. Single-lot buyers bought at least 129 parcels. The Southern California News Group was unable to identify the buyers of eight lots. Redfin shows there are about 305 other lots listed for sale, including 86 in Altadena, 190 in Pacific Palisades, 15 in Pasadena and 14 in Sunset Mesa.
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dailynews.com | Jeff Collins
A lot for sale at 1185 E. Altadena Dr. in Altadena on Friday, May 16, 2025. The 22,405 sq. ft. lot is listed at $1, 200,000 . (Photo byDean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily New/SCNG) PUBLISHED: June 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM PDTHere's a list of buyers who purchased 2 or more lots in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To log in, click here.
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