Ghost Ship fire

Derick Almena gets ‘slap on the wrist’ for 36 Ghost Ship Fire deaths

Monday marked the end of a long road in the case of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire where 36 people…

3 years ago

Court releases Almena on $150,000 bail pending delayed Ghost Ship trial

Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena was released on $150,000 bail on Monday after spending nearly three years in…

4 years ago

Serra looks to ‘grill’ Ghost Ship warehouse owners in next Almena trial

The attorney for Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena said Friday that he and Almena are ready for a second…

4 years ago

Judge sets March date for second Ghost Ship fire trial

"Thirty-six lives were lost and this case has the most heightened circumstances of any homicide case."

5 years ago

Jury reaches verdict in Ghost Ship trial

According to several news outlets stationed at Alameda County Superior Court Thursday, the jury has reached a verdict in the…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship jury breaks until after Labor Day without reaching verdict

The revised jury panel in the trial of Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship trial judge loosens gag order

The judge in the trial of Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris said Wednesday…

5 years ago

Judge dismisses three Ghost Ship trial jurors

People gathered Monday afternoon in front of an Alameda County courthouse waiting for a "major announcement" in the trial against…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship prosecution gives closing statement to packed courtroom, overflow

An Alameda County prosecutor told jurors Monday that criminal negligence on the part of Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick…

5 years ago

Officer claims he broke up ‘rave’ at Ghost Ship before deadly fire

An Oakland police officer testified Tuesday that he shut down an illegal rave party at the Ghost Ship warehouse in…

5 years ago

Rebuttal witnesses contradict Ghost Ship defendants

Prosecutors presented three witnesses Monday who contradicted testimony by Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena, creative director Max Harris…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship defendant’s wife contradicts former fire marshal testimony

The wife of Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena testified Tuesday that police and fire officials who visited the…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship trial highlights emails between Max Harris, landlord

Ghost Ship warehouse creative director Max Harris reluctantly admitted on Tuesday that he lied to a police officer when he…

5 years ago

Max Harris testifies he feared homelessness when lying to police before fire

Ghost Ship warehouse creative director Max Harris said Monday that he lied to a police officer by claiming that no…

5 years ago

Max Harris testifies that Ghost Ship was ‘very autonomous place’

Ghost Ship warehouse creative director Max Harris said Monday that there weren't any hard and fast rules at the 10,000-square-foot…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship witness claims group of men ‘congratulated themselves’ for fire

A woman testified on Monday that she overheard a group of men congratulate themselves on starting the fire at the…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship judge okays first defense witness, may rule ‘hearsay’ arson testimony inadmissible

The judge in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire trial said on Thursday that she will decide on Monday whether she…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship survivor testifies he thought his ‘life was over’

A man testified on Tuesday that he thought he would die during the 2016 fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship witness testifies Almena laughed at ‘conventional’ improvement, permit suggestion

The mother of a leaseholder for the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland where 36 people died in a fire in…

5 years ago

Ghost Ship fire investigator says no sign of arson, cause not determined

A former top Oakland Fire Department official said on Tuesday that investigators didn't find any evidence that Molotov cocktails or…

5 years ago

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