The last of the souvenir vending machines in the state and their distinctive warm plastic smell will disappear in early ...

Thousands of microbead pellets from a ripped pool toy scatter across the surface of Lake Tahoe in early July 2021. (Alison Toy/UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center) A new trend of pool toys ...

Bill Nichols is making cheap, squishy, collectible animal toys that come in plastic bubbles — just like what you’d find in a vending machine. He seems to be on to something because his toys, Squinkies ...

An Andover mom was able to unbuckle and pull her children off a plastic toy car minutes before the battery-powered vehicle burst into flames and melted in a heap ...