Gillian Edevane

Hello Kitty is here to stay in the Bay Area. After successful runs at the Instagram-famous Hello Kitty pop-up trucks, Hello Kitty Mini Cafe permanently opened at San Jose’s Santana Row mall on Friday. The Hello Kitty Mini Cafe will have everything the pink Mercedes had: Hello Kitty gear and sweet treats ranging from pies, tarts, cookies, pastries and...

The Hello Kitty Cafe truck — a bright pink Mercedes van adorned with flowers and the feline Sanrio mascot — will be heading to Walnut Creek this weekend as part of its roving tour across the U.S.

Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt showed some love for the Solano County Sheriff’s Department, donning a beanie emblazoned with the sheriff’s star while attending the Super Bowl.

Students at Fruitvale Elementary School were treated to a special visit from award-winning actress and singer Zendaya on Monday morning. The Disney Channel-star stopped by the campus, where her mom used to teach, to encourage the youngsters to pursue STEM-related disciplines.

Moe, a 9-year-old Golden Retriever, is getting the hero treatment after saving a man from the icy Delta Waters in Pittsburg early Wednesday morning.

With hundreds of cafes brewing in the region, Bay Area coffee shops face tough competition. For the last seven years, however, one Oakland cafe has been slowly clawing its way to the top.

Following a prolonged struggle to keep up with streaming services and digital downloads, the last video rental store in Contra Costa County is shuttering for good after 34 years of business. Take One Video’s last day is Jan. 20.

Hound Labs, an Oakland-based startup, is developing a new type of breathalyzer that’s capable of determining whether a driver is high at the moment of testing.

Following months of recipe development, a close-knit Concord family opened their dream confectionery last month specializing in a once-taboo dessert: cookie dough.

From broke college students who sleep in old busses to San Mateo residents fighting double-digit rent hikes in a mold-Infested building, 2017 was chalk-full of rental woes for many Bay Area tenants.

When Bruce Mertz — known around the Bay Area as “Mr. Christmas” — passed away earlier this year, he left behind a heartbroken community. The jovial neighbor was famous for his elaborate holiday light display, a 36-year tradition that generations of families enjoyed.

Students at Antioch High School are being praised for their generosity after a video showing them helping a fellow student went viral.

Pittsburg High School’s award-winning marching band is slated to perform at a New Year’s celebration in Rome, Italy, capping off what has been a stellar season for the young musicians.

On Wednesday, Whole Foods unveiled the first Bay Area location of 365 by Whole Foods, a more affordable alternative for customers who want organic goods without paying the grocery chain’s notoriously high prices.

A Pacifica father is asking for help finding his 14-year-old daughter who never returned home from school two months ago.

When it came time to find housing this semester, 21-year-old UC Berkeley student Hash Khan had three options: he could share a room with two other people for anywhere between $800 and $1,500 per month, sleep in his car, or get creative.