NEWPORT BEACH – Concerns that the city may close Pacific Coast Highway’s half-century-old Frog House surf shop have led to creation of a Facebook group called “Save the Frog House.”

The Register reported the store’s situation last week, and the Facebook page’s subsequent creation has rapidly attracted support, with more than 370 people joining as of mid-Wednesday.

The Frog House is in trouble because its land was zoned residential in the 1970s. While it was grandfathered in, passage in 2008 of a law banning commercial operations in residential areas superceded the exemption.

See the full story here, and visit the Facebook group here. Click photo for a slide-show of the Frog House.