Jewelry buyers looking for something distinctive have turned the Art Deco-inspired cut into a trend. By Ming Liu Move over classic pear- and marquise-cut stones. Kite-shape diamonds are having a ...

The sky above Granada Beach was a menagerie of hues and shapes on Sunday, Aug.17 — as Long Beach celebrated the 12th annual Kite Festival. The kites soared through the air Sunday, with onlookers and ...

Kites are fun to fly and beautiful to watch. Flying them is an uplifting event that is peaceful and exciting at the same time. There are no motors or batteries, just the all-natural power of the wind.

Children dart across the Santa Barbara City College West Campus lawn Sunday during the 33rd Santa Barbara Kite Festival. Children run to keep a colorful kite floating in the breeze during the 33rd ...

At some point, many of us were briefly fascinated with kites. The reason we were only briefly interested in this hobby was that it was fraught with failure: The kite never flew or, if it did, it was ...