CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : ANGELS CAMP : Goliath Frogs: The Jury Is Out

Directors of the Calaveras County Fair have postponed a decision on allowing African Goliath frogs to compete in the annual frog-jumping contest after the state attorney general’s office told them it would be illegal to meet in secret on the matter. Instead of a secret executive session Friday on a possible rules change that would ban the huge frogs from the contest, the directors will use the gathering to solicit public comment, said Diane Baumann of the 39th District Agricultural Assn., which hosts the May 17-20 contest. A Seattle man’s plan to win the $1,500 in prize money by entering Goliath frogs, which are up to three feet long and reportedly can jump 30 feet or more in a bound, has attracted worldwide publicity to the contest, made famous in a Mark Twain short story.