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An Exploding Garage and Deteriorating Schools Are San Juan Capistrano's Top News of the Week

Readers also show interest a stabbing, City Council intrigue and historic, downtown building going on the market.

The stories following a garage exploding in Capistrano Beach caught the attention of readers this week, becoming the biggest news of the week for San Juan Capistrano Patch readers.

First, there was the explosion, then game the revelation that the garage may have been housing a lab to extract the chemical found in marijuana, THC, to use in other drug-related products, a story Patch broke first.

The latter story came in third place this week. So what was the second most-popular story? Capistrano Unified School District officials determining their schools need $822 million worth of repairs and upgrades.

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