A rare plant and a renegade environmental activist could derail Ballona Wetlands restoration
(LA Times Clippers)

With his long ponytail, floppy sun hat and a peace symbol dangling from his neck, retired federal biologist Robert `Roy` van de Hoek looks like a man bent on saving the environment. And when he´s crawling through a hole in the fence to sneak into the Ballona Wetlands, it´s clear he´s intent on...