{"id":368363,"date":"2025-12-24T23:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T23:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/368363\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T23:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T23:10:11","slug":"the-frog-wall-has-been-freshened-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/368363\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frog Wall Has Been Freshened Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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December 24, 2025|by Erik Torkells\n <\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022\u2022 \u201cI visited the Frog Grotto with my grandkids today and it\u2019s totally changed,\u201d reports C. \u201cScores of frogs have been removed, with the remaining sanitized ones displayed like an interior designer was called in.\u201d I don\u2019t drive on Paterna Road often enough to have a good sense of how different it is, but a Riviera resident said someone has been working on it for months now. Anyone know more?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u2022\u2022\u2022 A reader reports that 19 Blue Salon<\/a> at 19 W. Ortega Street (State\/Chapala) will close in January, but the salon has not confirmed it.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022\u2022 Booker T. Jones plays the Lobero Theatre<\/a> on March 28.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\u2022\u2022 The New Year\u2019s Day Polar Dip<\/a> is back on this year\u2014this time, at Leadbetter Beach, rain or shine. \u201cThe group dip is at 11:30 a.m., but arrive early to allow time to park and partake in pre-Dip activities. Participants need to sign up and fill out a waiver at sbpolardip.com<\/a>. There\u2019s no obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022\u2022 Press release from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A three-inch-long spider was spotted lurking in the manicured landscaping at a high-end coastal business in Santa Barbara County this fall. Although harmless to humans, the Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata) is a potentially invasive species, as there is some evidence it can outcompete native orbweavers in southeastern North America.<\/p>\n

The Joro Spider is an orbweaver native to east Asia. Their webs can be as wide as 10 feet. The species was observed around homes in Georgia in 2014, the first reported sighting in the United States. Since then, it has spread west as far as Oklahoma and north as far as Maryland. The discovery of one in Santa Barbara County marks the first report west of the Great Plains. [\u2026] The female spider was immediately adjacent to an area where shipments of flowers and plants are received, which likely explains how it got there. No other webs were found near the spider, which probably arrived alone inside some plants shipped from another part of the country.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u2022\u2022\u2022 Opening January 2 at Sullivan Goss<\/a>: Oskar Fischinger: A Deeper Look. Pictured: \u201cBlue Square Cluster\u201d from 1937.<\/p>\n

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Tags: 19 Blue Salon<\/a>, Frog Wall<\/a>, Lobero Theatre<\/a>, Polar Dip Santa Barbara<\/a>, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History<\/a>, Sullivan Goss<\/a><\/p>\n

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