A long line of customers stretched outside Daiso during the store's grand opening weekend in Salinas. The popular home goods chain stocks everything from Japanese snacks, beauty supplies, holiday ...

Cha Lee came in search of stationery. Zeny Yang was stocking up on stickers. And Brandy White ticked off a lengthy wish list of goodies — from chopsticks to pencil sharpeners to kitchen utensils. “I ...