Travis Rettenmaier has a Secret

MOBILE, Al -- Travis Rettenmaier has a secret. He lives in a little town of 5,000 residents. And he would like to keep it that way.

Starbucks, the ubiquitous coffee shop, tried to open a store in his neighborhood, he said, and the citizens revolted. They would just as soon do away with Walmart or any chain store. Mom-and-Pop stores only.

Rettenmaier is one of the few California residents who can say he actually was born in California. He was born in Los Angeles and went to college at University of California at Los Angeles. He decided to move north of the city known for its sprawl, its traffic and continuously growing population. He moved not far from the beaches of Oxnard and Santa Barbara.