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An Oakland jury acquitted one man and has yet to reach a verdict on the charges against another involved in the 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire Thursday.
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A court hearing for defendants in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire case concluded with Judge James Cramer ordering parties to reconvene Nov. 2 to hear a motion for a change of venue.
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Two defendants in the Oakland Ghost Ship fire case will face a jury tomorrow morning, after an Alameda County judge rejected their plea deals at a sentencing hearing Aug. 9.
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More than a year after the deadly “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire, defendants Derick Almena and Max Harris — each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter — plead not guilty at a hearing Tuesday morning.
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In the year since the “Ghost Ship” fire, Christopher Morris has heard new songs that he knows his sister Jenny Morris would have enjoyed.
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Here’s what you missed in the news since summer began.
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In a Friday press conference, defense attorneys for Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena alleged their client was “being made a scapegoat” for the “true culprits” responsible for a fire that killed 36 people in December.
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More than 600 pages of recently released records regarding the Oakland “Ghost Ship” warehouse and associated properties reveal that Oakland city officials were alerted to unsafe conditions in and around the building numerous times over the past 13 years.
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The defense team for Derick Almena, manager of the “Ghost Ship” warehouse, released a report Monday alleging that the deadly Dec. 2 Oakland fire started in an adjacent building.
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