The man breeding Southern California's endangered yellow-legged frog Los Angeles Times

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• Norman Studios
• Watch bicyclists go by while dining at the riverfront Lingua Franca
• Unconventional Gardening Tricks to Become a Pro Gardener
• Feds say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood
• Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
• Letters to the Editor: Burrowing owls deserve better from California

You’ll hit the 2 or the 5 freeway, or maybe wind up at a side entrance to Home Depot. But once you do enter this neighborhood of single-family homes and low industrial buildings, nestled along the curving, soft-bottom section of the L.A. River, you’ll know that you’re in a part of Los Angeles like no other—secret and self-contained, where the hum of industry is quieted by a blanket of tranquility that seems to emanate from the river. The name comes from the frogs that used to emerge from the grassy banks, and it was later adopted by local gangs that gave the area a dangerous edge and kept most except locals and intrepid artists away.

Norman Studios

It can take hours or days for this frog to completely change colors. The Sierran Tree Frog (Pseudacris sierra) is one of the frequent frogs in California that changes colors. I enjoy seeing ‘hands-on’ videos and this one is perfect for other visual learners.

Watch bicyclists go by while dining at the riverfront Lingua Franca

For this project, I found an unglazed onion keeper that had a small chip in the rim. It’s been sitting empty on my kitchen counter for quite some time, and I just thought it was too good to toss. It hasn’t had onions in it for a long time, but since it had a chip, it didn’t make it to the thrift store box. I bet you have some pottery in your house, that is damaged but too good to toss, too.

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Photos: Preservation of Louw-Bogardus House ruin on Frog Alley in Kingston - The Daily Freeman

Photos: Preservation of Louw-Bogardus House ruin on Frog Alley in Kingston.

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On the weekends, Ebelia puts all her plants on display for sale in front of her house on Blake Avenue. She also liked that the neighborhood was gentrifying and that the tranquility was a huge draw for her as well. She said that before, once the sun set, there was a fear of going outside because of the crime, but today, that has changed.

This is a species named after one of its morphs which shows pink to red spots. Both males and females are adapted to living in cooler weather at high elevations and the species lives a long life surviving up to 15 years. Green to brown or brown toads is some of the most common morphs of this species. Boreal Toads (Anaxyrus boreas boreas) are some of the most common species of toads in California. These are the toads known to reach a size of up to 4 inches. This species has an endangered status across multiple habitats, especially in areas with larger frogs.

Find out what kind of habitat these frogs like by doing an online search for the terms “native frogs of (your state or province)”. Look for a site from your local government’s wildlife or natural resources department. The benefit of going local is that you will also get information about the invasive species that may be a danger to your local frogs. Armed with this information, you know what you are attracting and you can recreate that habitat in your yard.

Granted, the video shows you how to make a habitat for a very small frog, but you could always use the same info and do it on a larger scale for outdoors. With its bright green walls, the Frog House has been a landmark beckoning to surfers since 1962. Frog House may be well south of LA city limits, but it still deserves a mention on our list. Surf—a down-to-earth throwback to a bygone era when lineups were less crowded. Frog House is constantly packed with inventory, and the scent of neoprene and surf wax drift through rows of surfboards.

Before the cleanup of the river, if you had walked around Frogtown in the 80s, 90s or the 2000s, you would have found graffiti covering the embankments. David de la Torre, a long time resident, commented on the effects of the gentrification in Frogtown in Molly Strauss’ 2015 essay “The Fight for Frogtown”. It all started when the Army Corps of Engineers announced in 2014 the $1-billion plan to revitalize this area of LA. As a result, David received multiple offers to buy his home. In 2000, the Jim Henson Company purchased the lot and even installed a sculpture of Kermit the Frog on the studio entrance, dressed in the iconic Chaplin costume.

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With slabs, pebbles, pots, and pipes, your garden will be the favorite place for all the cute frogs to hang out. Look for a spot where it won’t get sloshed about with water during heavy rain. Choose a place at the top of an incline rather than in a low area. A natural hollow is perfect, just like this spot with a stump that hasn’t rotted out yet. Outside of Morning Service Coffee, there was a food truck with no business name. I told him that I was writing an article about Frogtown, and he kindly suggested me to meet Justin, the owner, who was sitting inside Morning Service.

When I came across this place while I was taking a walk, I asked the host if I could take a look inside, and wow! The bar had beautiful marble countertops and overall, the space was very tastefully designed. The outside area is a beautiful courtyard that will transport you to Baja California. We love being so close to the LA River and all of the nature and activity that it holds. We are a super tight-knit community with incredible neighbors. I asked her what the primary ethnic group was in Frogtown back in the late 90s and early 2000s.

For the same reasons, it has been difficult for biologists to keep track of captive-bred frogs and tadpoles after they are released into their native habitat. The federal frog recovery program he is part of goes beyond captive breeding. Since 2006, federal wildlife authorities have worked to remove nonnative trout from some of the frogs’ ancestral haunts and, in certain areas, they have barred public access. But since the 1960s, nonnative trout, bullfrogs and crayfish have decimated these frogs. So have wildfires, extreme weather and hotter stream temperatures linked to climate change. With skin as permeable as a sponge, the frog is also highly susceptible to a skin fungus linked to amphibians vanishing around the world.