Two of the beach’s most popular activities aim to revive hurricane-damaged spirits. Kite festivals are popular on Treasure Island Beach, like this one from 2012, and so are sand sculpting festivals.

Kite-soaring and soppy, soggy weather? This is a pairing with challenges, which is why those who love to send a colorful, string-bound flyer high into the sky wait for sunnier days. Stream Los Angeles ...

Whatever you do, don’t call it a festival. There’s no set schedule or events during the two-day gathering, warns Dave Shenkman, owner of Kite Connection on the Huntington Beach Pier and founder of the ...