Rukmini Callimachi

1 week 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 week 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.

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Rukmini Callimachi

Federal forest officials began clearing thousands of acres of forest just outside of Bend, Oregon, where more than 100 people live in RVs and cars — a move that one advocacy group called “the largest eviction of a homeless camp in recent history.” At around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, a phalanx of squad cars bearing the golden logo of the U.S. Forest Service arrived at the start of a logging road leading deep into a landscape of towering ponderosa pines and dusty green desert grasses in the Deschutes...

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Rukmini Callimachi

Federal forest officials began clearing thousands of acres of forest just outside of Bend, Ore., where more than 100 people live in RVs and cars — a move that one advocacy group called “the largest eviction of a homeless camp in recent history.” At around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, a phalanx of squad cars bearing the golden logo of the U.S. Forest Service arrived at the start of a logging road leading deep into a landscape of towering ponderosa pines and dusty green desert grasses in the Deschutes...

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

Federal officials began clearing a forest where dozens of homeless people live in derelict R.V.s and cars.