In Oceanside, a new wooden toy box initiative by the Girl Scouts and Surfrider San Diego aims to curb plastic pollution on beaches by offering reusable sand toys.

After a winter of slips and falls, city council voted Monday to bring back the community sand box program. The sand boxes should be back in place within the next couple of weeks, Deputy City Manager ...

Greg Westhoff and his family have continued to carry on the tradition that his father, George, started back in the early 1980s — by giving away sand to families for summer sandboxes and other projects ...