This red California county roiled by a far-right-insurgency braces for more trouble as election nears ... As a devoted Republican who runs a cattle ranch and proudly talks about owning a gun, Shasta County Supervisor Mary Rickert is an unlikely progressive icon. But that is exactly what the 72-year-old devout Catholic and grandmother has become to some in this northern California county — which has been convulsed by conspiracy theories about voter fraud and other extremist ideologies over the last three years Rickert is still a staunch conservative. But she has also emerged as an often lonely voice on the...