Pan Asian Kitchen and Noodle recently opened up over the holidays in Lakeridge Village with a soft opening before Christmas.

Somebody else wanted to buy this Asian restaurant in Redding, but the deal fell through. So Ann and Chris Ward stepped in.

You might not have thought that the spoon needed reinventing. But innovators in Japan say otherwise and are convinced that a more high-tech spoon can help us eat more healthily.A new kind of spoon ...