Beach season kicks off on the North Shore when Revere Beach hosts its 8th annual Kite Festival on Saturday, May 20. Free and open to the public, the event features family-friendly activities ...

But at 51 years along, this Redondo Beach whimsy truly is a titan, or perhaps we mean "kite-an," among its up-in-the-air associates, and still one of the sweetest free things to do as winter melts ...

He has a collection of Cyborg-style kites, or kites designed with an “X’ through the frame, pictured on the ground at right near his butterfly flag, during the Kite Party in Huntington Beach ...

Several kite flyers also participated in candy drops throughout the day, entertaining kids and candy-lovers on the sand. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the first Morro Bay Kite Festival.