Griffin Madden

At the sentencing set for Aug. 8, Almena, who rented the warehouse, will be sentenced with 12 years — nine in custody and three on mandatory supervision. Harris, Ghost Ship’s creative director, will be sentenced with 10 years — six in custody and four supervised — according to Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Teresa Drenick.

Chasms’ performance was subdued. The music, the lights, the mic that echoes back everything that is said or sung, all create a kind of peaceful lull.

Though the musical group Chasms recently moved to Los Angeles, they once called San Francisco home.

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

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.

Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris were arrested Monday morning on 36 counts of alleged manslaughter in relation to the deadly Dec. 2, 2016, Ghost Ship warehouse fire, as first reported by the Mercury News.

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.

The family members of two victims who perished in the Oakland fire Dec. 2 filed civil lawsuits in Alameda County Superior Court Friday against several people associated with the “Ghost Ship” warehouse, as originally reported by KTVU.

A crowd of about 100 people gathered in Zellerbach Hall at noon Thursday to honor five members of the campus community who perished in Friday’s Oakland fire.

This week, Em Bohlka, who worked at the Berkeley location of Highwire Coffee Roasters, and Griffin Madden, a campus alumnus and the audience services associate for Cal Performances, were confirmed as victims of the Oakland warehouse fire that took place Friday.