The holiday celebrating African culture and heritage lasts from Friday, Dec. 26 to Thursday, Jan 1.
Some parents in the Cambrian Park neighborhood were so upset by the decision to cancel a school trip to see Santa Claus, they decided to pull their kids out of school Friday so that they could go on their own.
In San Jose parents at an elementary school are threatening to pull their kids out of school to protest a canceled trip to see Santa.
There's so much to love about the holidays, but sneezing isn't one of them! Yet, this time of year is when many people experience allergic symptoms for the first time.
Friday marks the first day of Kwanzaa, a holiday created in 1965, and will last for the next seven days.
In the Bay Area, Black Friday shopping was less chaotic than in other parts of the nation, though still busy drawing thousands to stores.