Headline Rewind: Invisible Merchants, Vanishing Bus Lines and More

BUSINESS

Unless passing motorists have X-ray vision, along the 5 Freeway could turn the Capistrano Home Center into an invisible shopping center, merchants said. Retailers fear the 14-foot-high wall will torpedo their business.

The swanky Regency Theater was by the San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce. Chamber officials credited the movie palace with revitalizing the downtown at night.

TRANSPORTATION

City officials are steamed about an Orange County Transportation Authority in town. On Tuesday, an OCTA official said one route had been given a reprieve, but other lines remain endangered by budget woes.

RELIGION

A 170-acre ranch once owned by the Crystal Cathedral was donated to Saddleback Church, which had been leasing the Rancho Capistrano property .

GETTIN' HITCHED

Yee-haw! In an Old West-style ceremony replete with cowboy hats, bolo ties and four-legged critters, City Councilman Derek Reeve and fiancee Jocelyn Ragsale by a pistol-waving officiant. No shots were fired.