Paramilitary groups have long leveraged fantasies about impending natural disasters or domestic conflicts to galvanize their members. In the aftermath of January 6, for which dozens of Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes, were arrested, the paramilitary movement scrambled to distance itself from the stigma of the event—even the word “militia.” The Oath Keepers, once the most prominent militia organization …
In an era of increasing drought and nearly back-to-back wildfires, state conservationists have been working overtime in the San Gabriel Mountains to rescue frogs, fish and other species facing potential oblivion by rounding up populations of threatened animals and transporting them to safer areas. That’s largely because Pasadena Water and Power’s environmental impact report on the Arroyo Seco Canyon Project …
