oakland warehouse fire

Derick Almena, master tenant of the Oakland warehouse that caught on fire in 2016 and killed 36 people, pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges and is facing a 12-year sentence. Christie Smith reports.

The master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people perished when a fire ignited during a dance party in 2016 pleaded guilty Friday to the deaths, avoiding a second trial after the first ended in a hung jury.

A man facing a second trial after a fire killed 36 partygoers at an Oakland warehouse he’s accused of illegally converting into a cluttered artists enclave is expected to plead guilty later this month, relatives of several of the victims said.

A judge on Monday denied a defense motion asking that Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena be released from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin because his health is deteriorating and the novel coronavirus pandemic has made the conditions at the jail unsafe.

A riot of emotions flickered across Daniel Vega’s face as he waited outside a hospital on Saturday for news about his baby brother.

Thirty-six people who perished in a devastating fire at Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse were honored at a benefit concert Wednesday that drew big-name performers to the Fox Theater.

There is no record over the last decade that shows that Oakland fire inspectors had even been inside the so-called Ghost Ship warehouse where a fire claimed 36 lives last week.