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Crime & Courts

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire case to be retried

Derick Almena, who was charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 in the wake of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, will be retried in March.
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Crime & Courts

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Oakland jury reaches jumbled verdict on Ghost Ship warehouse fire

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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Crime & Courts

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Ghost Ship warehouse fire jury trial may be moved to different county

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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City

Friday, August 17, 2018

Ghost Ship warehouse fire defendants’ plea deals ‘swept aside’

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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Crime & Courts

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Ghost Ship fire defendants plead not guilty, prepare for jury trial

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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City

Monday, December 4, 2017

1 year after tragic ‘Ghost Ship’ fire, community continues to mourn, reflect

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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Summer Orientation 2017

Monday, June 19, 2017

What you’ve missed in Berkeley’s news

Here’s what you missed in the news since summer began.
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Crime & Courts

Monday, June 12, 2017

Defense attorneys: Derick Almena ‘being made a scapegoat’ for Ghost Ship fire

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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City

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Oakland police, building inspectors repeatedly visited ‘Ghost Ship’ warehouse before fire

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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Crime & Courts

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

‘Ghost Ship’ warehouse defense alleges fire started in adjacent building

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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