The Balboa Island Ferry, which has transported cars, bikes and pedestrians across Newport Bay for more than 100 years, has reached an agreement with state air quality regulators to fully electrify its ...

The Balboa Island Ferry has operated in Newport Beach since 1919, but a new mandate handed down by the California Air Resources Board has placed its future, for the first time in little over a century ...

It was a bright, breezy day in Balboa Island as I saw the Admiral, Commodore, and Captain do their thing. More than 1.5 million people and 300,000 automobiles use the Balboa ferries every year. On the ...

A grant worth $7.9 million was secured in the effort to preserve the Balboa Island ferry, Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley announced Wednesday. The grant from the California Air Resources Board ...

The Newport Beach service crosses 800 feet of water.

The owners of the Balboa Island Ferry are asking for the community's help after a state mandate aimed at improving air quality threatened to shutter the over 100-year-old Newport Beach operation. The ...

Q: I was pleased to read that funding is in place to keep the Balboa Island ferries running. Where will the new ferries be built? We like to take out-of-town visitors to lunch, which include a ...

(L to R) Shirley Pepys, founder and chair, board of directors, Balboa Island Museum; Katrina Foley, Orange County Supervisor; Lorraine Leavitt, associate professor, National University; Barbara Abbott ...