The Balboa Island Ferry was pitched more than a century ago, as a way to get prospective land buyers from the Balboa Peninsula, across the Newport Bay, to a large swatch of sand that had been formed ...

For 25 years, the inhabitants of Balboa Island have emptied their homes and filled the streets for a parade. The decorated golf carts, floats, scout troops, marching bands and all the other parade ...

Herman and Lois Dorkin had the quintessential Balboa Island romance. Married 68 years at the time of Lois’ death in 2004, the devotion they had for each other was unwavering. But the couple — known by ...

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 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 ...

One Balboa Island resident’s neighbors want to see him behind bars. Newport Beach residents who were victims of a string of home burglaries appeared before an Orange County Superior Court judge this ...