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New judge to be assigned to Ghost Ship trial
A new judge will be assigned to preside over the trial next year for Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris.Read More
Ghost Ship defendants won’t seek to move trial
Defense attorneys for Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris said Monday that they won't file a change of venue motion.Read More
‘Ghost Ship’ prosecutors shut door on plea dals
Alameda County prosecutors have told the two mens' attorneys they will no longer accept or entertain any more plea dealsRead More
Judge rejects Ghost Ship plea deal
\he case against Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris for a fire at the warehouse in Oakland’s in December 2016 that killed 36...Read More
Ghost Ship defendants cop pleas, face prison
Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris pleaded no contest to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 36 people.Read More
Defense attorney: Plea deal reached in Ghost Ship case
An attorney for Ghost Ship creative director Max Harris said a plea agreement was reached Friday for Harris and master tenant Derick Almena.Read More
Attorney floats Ghost Ship plea bargain
The lawyer for Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena said for the first time Monday that he would consider a plea bargain.Read More
Judge denies motion to dismiss Ghost Ship fire charges
An Alameda County Superior Court judge Friday denied a defense motion to dismiss the 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena and Max Harris face...Read More
Ghost Ship defendants plead not guilty
Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris pleaded not guilty to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter.Read More
Public to fund defense for Ghost Ship creative director
An Alameda County Superior Court judge granted an unusual motion Tuesday morning to allow the use of public money to cover the cost of defending Max Harris.Read More
Fire Captain: Almena told me no one lived at Ghost Ship
An Oakland fire captain testified Tuesday that Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena told him in September 2014 that no one was living at the structure.Read More
Witnesses describe Ghost Ship as ‘death trap’
Two witnesses at the preliminary hearing for Derick Almena and Max Harris described the structure where 36 people perished in a fire last year as a "death trap."Read More
Ghost Ship survivor: ‘Stupid bouncy thing’ blocked exit route
A musician who was at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland's Fruitvale district last year when a fire broke out that killed 36 people testified that a large inflatable...Read More
Judge reduces bail for Ghost Ship suspect
A judge today denied a defense motion to release Ghost Ship warehouse creative director Max Harris on his own recognizance in connection with the fire that killed 36 people.Read More
Ghost Ship lawyers delay pleas, blame owner
Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris appeared briefly in court Friday in connection with the fire that killed 36 people.Read More
Ghost Ship tenants arrested, charged
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Monday that she filed criminal charges against the Ghost Ship warehouse's master tenant and another man.Read More
Emotional scars persist for Ghost Ship firefighters
The day was dawning clear and sunny as Dan Robertson picked his way through the remnants of the inferno.Read More
PG&E added as defendant to Ghost Ship lawsuit
A new lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of the families of half of the 36 people who were killed in a warehouse fire in Oakland in December adds PG&E...Read More