SF News Ghost Ship Defendant Max Harris Quietly Leaves Jail; Fire Victims' Families Express Sorrow, Exhaustion The five-month ordeal that was the Ghost Ship fire trial and jury deliberations ended Thursday with no catharsis or closure for the families of the 36 people who perished in the December 2016 warehouse blaze.
SF News Ghost Ship Fire Trial Verdict: Max Harris Acquitted, Jury Hung On Derick Almena Defendant Max Harris has been acquitted of 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, and the jury is hung on Derick Almena's guilt. Prosecutors will now have to decide if they will bring Almena to trial again.
SF News Judge Denies Bail Request By Ghost Ship Defendant Max Harris A judge in Alameda County today denied a bail reduction request from Max Harris, one of the two defendants in the criminal case tied to the December Ghost Ship fire in Oakland. Harris,
SF News New Oakland Fire Department Report Reveals Details Of Ghost Ship Victim Recovery A new, 50-page "Origin and Cause" report by the Oakland Fire Department has been released for the Ghost Ship disaster, though the report concludes, as the earlier investigation by the ATF did, that
SF News Second Ghost Ship Suspect Allegedly Planned Party, Blocked Second Stairway The second man arrested and charged in connection with the Ghost Ship fire on Monday after master tenant Derick Ion Almena was a name that had not been mentioned often in the media