Tomi Thomas, Realtor

11/08/2025

This comprehensive guide explains how to plant a Japanese maple tree and keep it thriving for years to come. Learn more at the link below ⬇️
📸: Adam Albright

11/08/2025

A one-of-a-kind live music experience performed to the silent, fantastical films of Georges Méliès. Three musicians. 50 instruments. Pure magic.

11/03/2025

Here's how to add the low-maintenance jade plant to your houseplant collection
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📸: Marty Baldwin

11/02/2025

Bye Bye, Daylight Savings Time. 😢

I’m so sad to see you go.

11/01/2025

Many longtime Altadenans know exactly who Edwin Castro is: the guy who bought a record $2 billion Powerball lottery ticket at a local gas station in 2022.

Edwin Castro is one of the biggest investors snapping up properties destroyed by the Eaton fire in January—and he wants to lead the rebuilding in his hometown.

He said he wants to sell exclusively to families who want to settle down in Altadena, rather than people who might turn the homes into rentals. And he might settle there, too: He wants to build a home on two cleared lots he envisions packed with whimsical elements like secret underground rooms. He described it as W***y Wonka-esque.

“I want to have kids like yesterday,” said Castro, who isn’t married. “It’s about family. Family is important.”

Castro said he sees these Altadena homes as a chance to do the same with his future kids, to show them how he helped bring the neighborhood back.

Many locals appreciate his goals. But he’s drawn skepticism, too.

🔗 Read more: https://on.wsj.com/47OW0LS

11/01/2025

See our top ideas for white kitchen backsplashes, including suggestions for marble, mosaic, and subway tiles.

11/01/2025

Skip the doors.

11/01/2025

Many people would say the connection between happiness and gratefulness is very simple: when you are happy, you are grateful. But think again. Is it really the happy people that are grateful? Quite a number of people have everything that it would take to be happy, and they are not happy. So, how doe...

11/01/2025

No matter what you use, the finished soup is brothy yet full of hearty flavor. I prefer mine with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Dishing the details below ⬇️
📸: Jake Sternquist

11/01/2025

Well, damn. Stay safe out there.

Authorities are searching for Isaiah Jamon Andrews, arrested on suspicion of homicide and released in Martinez by accident on Oct. 22.

10/28/2025

Release the Epstein files.

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, two law enforcement sources told CNN. https://cnn.it/47bCF7n

10/25/2025

President Trump lambasted an ad from the Canadian province of Ontario, which uses audio from a 1987 Ronald Reagan address on tariffs. WSJ’s Gavin Bade breaks down the controversy.