Starbucks

Starbucks taking extra measures to protect the public & yet remain open

If you go to Starbucks today and order a holiday drink, you'll get a free reusable red holiday cup!

A new location for Starbuck's is coming to Yakima and the new location is in a spot you might not be expecting it to be.

It's hard to imagine a Starbucks closing in Yakima, but looks like the one at the Chalet Mall on Summitview Avenue will be shuttering their doors by summer's end. I think the last time we had a Starbucks closure in Yakima was at the Top Foods location back in 2008.

My nephew Nic flew up from California to check out Seattle for the first time this weekend and we did the typical touristy things... on a budget. So for instance, we went to the Space Needle to take a ride to the top... until we realized it was going to cost 22 frickin' dollars...

One of the stories of manufactured outrage today is the furor from some tin foil hats over the new Starbucks Holiday Cup. In the past is was adorned with snowmen, snowflakes and other symbols of the holiday season. This year it's simply a red cup with their green logo ...

Caitlyn Jenner is apparently looking for a home in Kennewick. Or, just thirsty.

I've been told Diet Coke will kill me, so before coming to the studio I stopped by Super Target to pick up a sandwich and some fancy health/energy drinks. I'm not really one to buy fancy drinks - I think froo froo Starbucks coffee drinks are a waste of money and many other drinks are popular mostly because they look aesthetically appealing...

This past week, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, along with eight members of the team, worked behind the counter at several Starbucks locations.

This Friday, the Yakima Valley chapter of Habitat For Humanity, is breaking ground on their next new home on Friday, June 21st at 7:30 A.M. in Union Gap after having been in the lower valley for the last six months.

You know what they say -- when in Rome, do as the Romans do; when in Hong Kong, get called "Vagina" at a Starbucks.* That must be how that saying goes, because that's exactly what happened to a woman named Virginia who was visiting Hong Kong recently, and she wasn't too happy about it.