When the city’s most popular playground finally reopens in about three weeks, children will see new, state-of-the art equipment. And in time, high-tech sun shades. The city recently agreed to spend ...

In the end, designing a park that can stay cool and allow kids to play even on the hottest days is a good long-term plan.

The Pier 42 playground for younger children at noon is completely exposed to the sun. Photo: Sukjong Hong The Pier 42 playground for younger children at noon is completely exposed to the sun. Photo: ...

As the Las Vegas Valley enters the height of the summer heat, a valley resident is appealing to local government bodies to protect local children from the sun’s rays by placing shade structures over ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In yesterday's City Council meeting, the use of Community Enrichment Funds was approved to install shade structures over 14 selected playgrounds in parks across Corpus Christi.

Students and staff at Morin School south of Billings celebrated with representatives from RiverStone Health Public Health Services on Tuesday afternoon under a new sun shade at the school. The ...

Shade sails will be reinstalled at the Geraldton foreshore playground in a little over a week, allaying concerns from parents as hotter weather arrives. A parent contacted the Guardian through ...

Protecting children from overexposure to the sun while on playgrounds is indeed a laudable notion. But the erection of “shade structures” as detailed in [the Dec. 7 story] “Canopies coming to four ...

New equipment is coming to two Cooper City playgrounds, but the history will be made with … the shade. At its July 17 meeting, the City Commission approved bids by GameTime of Longwood, of $149,171 ...

Over the winter, playgrounds at four county parks are to be outfitted with shades to help protect children from exposure to dangerous ultraviolet rays from sunshine, which are most intense in the ...