Rukmini Callimachi

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rukmini Callimachi

Ricardo Lara, California’s Insurance Commissioner, announced a formal investigation into State Farm on Thursday, as complaints continue to mount about the insurer’s handling of claims from the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles. The so-called “market conduct examination” is a tool used when there is evidence of broad consumer complaints, according to a spokesman for the department.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rukmini Callimachi |Stefanos Chen

Prosecutors say Sanford Solny preyed on homeowners who were struggling financially. He now faces up to seven years in prison. Sanford Solny, a real estate investor, was found guilty on Thursday of stealing the deeds to 11 properties across Brooklyn, in a case that has put a spotlight on schemes to defraud financially fragile homeowners out of their properties.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Blacki Migliozzi |Rukmini Callimachi

The catastrophic fires that ripped through Altadena and the Pacific Palisades were among the most destructive in California's history. Months after the fires ignited on Jan. 7, thousands of people are still living in temporary accommodations and have not returned to their homes, including structures that are still standing. Was your home damaged or destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires?

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Rukmini Callimachi

After federal officials began a sweep of a vast forest in Oregon, most of the people who had used the woods as a last refuge had left. But they didn’t go far. With nowhere else to go, many drove their aging recreational vehicles to a different forest just a few dozen miles away. Advocates for the homeless estimate that there had been 100 to 200 people living in the original encampment on the outskirts of Bend, Oregon, a town that has been transformed by an influx of wealthy newcomers.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Rukmini Callimachi |Michael Hanson

Dozens of people who lived in broken-down R.V.s in the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon set up camp nearby in different wooded areas, after they were ordered to leave or face jail and fines. A man prepared to leave his camp inside the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Credit... After federal officials began a sweep of a vast forest in Oregon, most of the people who had used the woods as a last refuge had left. But they didn't go far.