Bay Area gets its 1st Hello Kitty Cafe

Cartoon icon Hello Kitty is appearing in person this weekend at the Bay Area's first Hello Kitty Cafe. Fans lined up early Friday morning at the Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara where it was a sea of pink in anticipation of the cafe's offerings, including strawberry lemonade and plenty of desserts.

San Jose Obon Festival this weekend

San Jose hosts it annual Obon Festival this weekend as local Japanese Americans draw parallels between internment camps in the 1940s and federal immigration actions today.