Yep - the name didn’t sound like any town in California....the closest my search gets is North San Juan, a little burg way up in northern CA.
I thought it might be San Juan Capistrano in Southern California.
Entirely possible with the invasion going on in CA.
August 2009:
“17 charged in string of brutal kidnappings and slayings in San Diego suburbs”
“Authorities announced charges Thursday against a Mexican gang that took Tijuana-style violence to the upscale suburbs of San Diego County, kidnapping, torturing and killing well-to-do residents, even after some families paid large ransoms...”
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/14/local/me-mexico-drug-war14