Retailers across the country are yanking shoes, toys, Valentine’s gifts and other children’s goods from shelves to comply with a strict lead law that took effect Tuesday.
The repercussions of the hotly debated Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which bans the sale of children’s products containing dangerous amounts of lead and chemicals called phthalates, began rippling through the industry as manufacturers realized the law wasn’t going away…. More info
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It may seem like No Age’s Dean Spunt and Randy Randall spend all of their time in sweaty basements and lofts banging out their dream-punk jams, but the pair also share an extra-musical passion: skateboarding. And these dudes aren’t kidding around– they have a half-pipe in their backyard. And they’ve even been skating with Ryan Adams in Australia this week.
Recently, Spunt and Randall formed a partnership with the California skate clothing company Altamont Apparel. Like No Age, Altamont is a punk-informed DIY enterprise. Altamont found that the No Age dudes shared their aesthetics and values, so they have brought Spunt and Randall on as “team managers” for the music side of the company…Â More info
The work keeps rolling on Santa Clarita’s new skate park, with a grand opening set for the end of March.
The 40,000-square-foot park is part of a 15-acre expansion of the Santa Clarita Activities Center, and will dwarf the former park which closed last year.
The new park is part of a $25 million upgrade to the activities center…Â More info
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At first sight, Jake Ryan Munoz looks like the average 1-year-old.
He just picked up the act of walking a week before his first birthday on Jan. 16., but at 9 months the tot was skateboarding.
Now, at the age of 1, he is somewhat of a professional.
“We bought him a small skateboard because he liked to play with his cousins,” his mother Kasie Gano said. “The rest is history.”…. More info
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