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Another 10 victims have been tentatively identified and three more need scientific identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The names of seven victims were released earlier, and the name of one 17-year-old minor is being withheld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The City of Oakland extends condolences to the families who have received the dreadful news that one of their loved ones perished in the fire,\" the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Authorities continue the recovery effort at the scene of the warehouse fire in Oakland, removing debris \"bucket by bucket\" as they search for additional victims and prosecutors begin to investigate the deadly blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death toll stands at 36. Of those, 33 have been tentatively identified and 16 families have been notified. Three of the victims are foreign nationals from South Korea, Guatemala and Finland, said Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern. Autopsies have been performed on 22 victims, with more scheduled for tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today is the day that more than two dozen families are going to learn of their loved one's loss,\" Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said at a press conference. \"Today is the day that more than two dozen families are going to start an entirely new life. For them, this is Day 1 of this incident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahern said coroners were working from a list of about 50 people who were reported missing, but not all of them are necessarily linked to the event or the venue. \"At this time, we’re not anticipating any more huge numbers\" of victims, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206956\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11206956\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-800x638.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-800x638.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-960x765.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-240x191.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-375x299.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-520x414.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut.jpg 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Ave. and recovery efforts undertaken. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County District Attorney's Office has activated the criminal investigation team, said District Attorney Nancy O'Malley. Once that happened, \"in essence the scene became a potential crime scene.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it's too early to speculate on charges, those could range from involuntary manslaughter to murder, depending on what their investigation reveals, O'Malley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re looking at two things: One is whether or not there is any criminal liability attached to this fire, and secondly, if there is criminal liability, against whom? And that is not clear right now,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206957\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11206957\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-800x647.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-800x647.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-160x129.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-240x194.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-375x303.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-520x421.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Ave. and recovery efforts undertaken. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some interviews have already been conducted and the DA was receiving tips from the community about the site. O'Malley provided a hotline for people to call if they believe they have information relevant to the investigation: 877-288-2882.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will leave no stone unturned,\" she said. \"We are following up on every single lead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews have cleared 75 percent of the debris, said Darin White, deputy chief of the Field Operations Bureau at the Oakland Fire Department. He showed infrared images of the building taken Monday that show heat still contained in some of the steel beams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206959\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11206959\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-800x591.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-240x177.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-375x277.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-520x384.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Work has resumed at the site after a delay due to a leaning exterior wall at the front of the warehouse, said Johnna Watson, Oakland Police Department spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/805824991048691712\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Friends and family have organized \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/379138479091566/\" target=\"_blank\">a vigil \u003c/a>tonight at 8 p.m. at the Lake Merritt Pergola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Crews have recovered an additional three victims, raising the death toll from the fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse to 36.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the victims, 11 people have been identified and their families notified, said Deputy Sheriff Tya Modeste of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. Names of seven victims were released Sunday night, and the others won't be released until families have had the chance to update other relatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We absolutely believe the number of fire fatalities will increase,\" said Oakland Fire Battalion Fire Chief Melinda Drayton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews have covered 70 percent of the building in the recovery effort. They stopped work late Sunday on a part of the site where local investigators and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives \"feel very strongly\" they have found the area of the fire's origin, Drayton said. That part of the warehouse has been quarantined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Based on the significant charring and damage in the building, we've got some areas where the steel is actually twisted and wrapped in the back of the building,\" she said of the area believed to be where the fire started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Potentially,\" during the party, \"the dance floor was just above\" that area, Drayton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just after midnight, crews had to stop work at the site when a 3-inch lean in an exterior wall was found at the front of the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Working under a wobbly, potentially collapsing exterior wall is extremely dangerous,\" Drayton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Structural engineers and contract workers were expected to arrive soon at the site and make a game plan for re-entering the site. They hope to be back in by noon, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities were \"no closer to finding a cause\" for the blaze, Drayton said, and when asked about the temperature of the fire, she described it as \"extremely hot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News morning anchor Brian Watt spoke with East Bay desk reporters Sandhya Dirks and Devin Katayama Monday morning about the recovery efforts. Listen below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296396513\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News morning anchor Brian Watt spoke with Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo, whose district contains the Ghost Ship warehouse. He spoke about code violations in these types of buildings across Oakland. Listen below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296399868\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News morning anchor Brian Watt spoke again with East Bay desk reporters Sandhya Dirks and Devin Katayama Monday morning about the latest. Listen below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296396814\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Update, 6:20 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County Sheriff's Office Coroner's Bureau has provided names of seven of the victims in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland. An eighth, a 17-year-old minor, will not be named. The office indicated the families of the victims have been notified. The victims with their ages and home cities are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Cash Askew, 22, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>David Clines, 35, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nick Gomez-Hall, 25, Coronado\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sara Hoda, 30, Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Travis Hough, 35, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Donna Kellogg, 32, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Brandon Chase Wittenauer, 32, Hayward\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>We will provide more information about those killed in the blaze over the next couple of days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death toll from the fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland has risen to 33, according to Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly. He said during a press conference that the cause of the fire is still unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven names of the victims will be released today. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said the search operation will continue 24/7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley has activated a criminal investigation team for any potential investigation into the fire. Only O'Malley can launch a criminal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"ENWx0tZ75OC8t4UvvoWUUqjnIySCgJOq\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said it is far too early for officials to speculate about the cause of the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The scope of this tragedy is tremendous. We have many, many witnesses to interview,\" Schaaf said. \"We are in the process of doing that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sgt. Kelly said recovery crews have broken the warehouse into four quadrants for search purposes and victims have been found in every quadrant. Kelly said more than 60 percent of the warehouse still needs to be searched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly said teenagers were among those killed. He added that some victims come from other countries and that there are attempts to contact families of the victims in Europe and Asia with the help of the State Department. Kelly also confirmed the son of a sheriff's deputy was among the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This tragedy has hit very close to home for our agency,\" Kelly said. \"One of our deputies that we work with lost his son in this fire, and so we're still dealing with that as we continue to deal with the other victims. This has affected us as first responders. We weren't really prepared to talk about that right now, but we're dealing with that, and our family, and our department is hurting from that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coroner's office reiterated that family and friends should preserve any objects that may contain victims' DNA, such as combs, brushes or toothbrushes for identification purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo, whose district contains the Ghost Ship warehouse, said city officials are beginning to have discussions about these type of buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My responsibility to the citizens, we do need to enforce the codes that we have,\" Gallo said in an interview with KQED's Devin Katayama. \"Certainly we've recognized we should have been more assertive in the past.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katayama also spoke with Oakland resident Chris Dunn, who said he had attended parties at the Ghost Ship warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are places that people go that don't always fit into the legal and above-board clubs,” Dunn said. “These places people go to that can't afford to go to some of those other bigger, above-board events. These are places you're just not turned away for lack of funds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials are holding a press conference at 3 p.m. to discuss the latest in the Oakland warehouse fire that has killed at least 30 individuals. Watch it live below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKQED%2Fvideos%2F10153821397956191%2F&show_text=0&width=400\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:50 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death toll from the fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland has risen to 30, according to Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is an astronomical number,\" he said. \"We’re still not done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly said crews are getting deeper into the building and expects to find more victims. He also asked families to preserve any potential sources of victims' DNA to identify bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/oaklandpoliceca/status/805516326978527232\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From the Associated Press:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chaplain who met with families trying to determine if their loved ones are among the dead in a fire at a dance party says the uncertainty is difficult to bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Fire Department chaplain Jayson Landeza said Sunday the families want to be able to have some kind of closure. Landeza met with the families at an Alameda County Sheriff's Office in Oakland that has been turned into a family resource center. At least a dozen people have gathered there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said this morning that they have searched only 20 percent of the charred remains of the building, where they now say 24 people died after a fire erupted during a dance party. The number of dead is expected to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly says officials have been in touch with the families of three of the dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>We're continuing to get more information on the deadly fire that erupted at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland overnight Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 24 bodies have now been located in recovery efforts, said Alameda County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Ray Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will release the names of the victims later today,\" he said. \"We anticipate the number of victims will rise -- it will increase.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rescue workers removed \"bucket by bucket\" of debris overnight, covering 20 percent of the building. They were able to successfully breach the east side of the warehouse to gain more access to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was quiet,\" Oakland Fire Battalion Chief Melinda Drayton said of the workers and the work. \"It was heartbreaking to get through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she believed it to be \"the most deadly fire\" in Oakland's history. The cause of the fire is still being investigated: \"We don't believe that we have even gotten close to the origin of the fire,\" she said.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nUpdate, 8 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Many families are awaiting word on loved ones who might have attended the dance party at the Oakland warehouse where a fire broke out overnight Friday, killing at least nine people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the parents waiting is Kim Gregory, mother of Michela Gregory, a 20-year-old student at San Francisco State University. Michela went with her boyfriend, Alex Vega, to the party. Gregory said after learning about the fire that she immediately came to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, where other families of the missing were gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Emergency Contacts for People Seeking Loved Ones\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call:\u003c/strong> (510) 382-3000\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Assistance Center:\u003c/strong> 2425 E. 12th Street, Oakland\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>- \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/oakland-california-fire-dec03-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Safety Check\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>-\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/594396784086012/permalink/602632146595809/\" target=\"_blank\">List of Missing (Facebook)\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>-\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/firevictimsofoaklandfiredec232016-706684?fb_action_ids=10154858073477755&fb_action_types=youcaringcom%3Ashare\">Fire Relief Fund for Victims\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We were too shaken up, My brother had to drive us over here,” said Gregory, of South San Francisco. “We're just holding on trying to get all the information we can. We're not getting very much, so we're just waiting here as long as we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregory said her daughter was an honor roll student studying child development for children with special needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s very intelligent,” she said. “She carries her heart on her shoulder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregory said she is holding out hope that rescuers say \"they found some badly burned alive people somewhere in a hospital -- where I can go see her and bring her home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warriors/status/805254316109893632\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>We continue to get more updates about the deadly fire that struck the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland overnight Friday.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nine bodies have been recovered from the scene and at least two dozen people remain unaccounted for, Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We still have a lot of families that are in that unknown stage,\" he said at a press conference. \"They are grieving and remain at our family assistance center.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recovery efforts will continue overnight, Kelly said, noting it is expected to take 48 hours, at a minimum. A crane, excavators, dumpster trucks and flood lights will be used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know there are bodies that are in there that we can’t get to, that have been seen but not recovered,\" he said. The work has to move slowly \"because when we’re pulling debris, we want to make sure that there are not victims trapped in that debris.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203697 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters on Dec. 3, 2016, work on the scene following a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood in Oakland. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The building has engineering problems and structural issues that have made the recovery and identification process more difficult -- challenges that will get tougher in the dark, Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of areas that we cannot get to, that we need to cut away parts of the building and use excavation techniques\" on, he said. \"That is more difficult at night because you can't see things you would normally see in the day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities have located several people who were believed to have been missing but still don't have a precise number of victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't even know how far into the process that we are,\" Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203700 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman becomes emotional while speaking on the phone near the scene of a devastating overnight fire on Dec. 2, 2016, in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>We have more information about the deadly blaze at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland overnight Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four bodies have been removed from the scene, said\u003cbr>\nAlameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly. Authorities are taking fingerprints in hopes that it will help to identify the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there remain \"at least a couple dozen people that we need to figure out their whereabouts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work is slow going, Kelly said, noting that it's \"very bad wreckage,\" \"very twisted debris.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Floors have collapsed on top of floors. The roof has collapsed,\" he said at a press conference. \"There are more victims, we would imagine, under that wreckage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities may bring in cadaver dogs or robot technologies to help them get into the \"places and crevices we can't get in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11203701\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work on the scene following an overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Dec. 2,, 2016. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Families and friends gathered at the Alameda County Sheriff's Office in Oakland to await word about their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of people walked in and out of the office Saturday afternoon, many crying, consoling each other or keeping their eyes focused on the sidewalk. Families have gotten little information since firefighters have had so much difficulty sifting through the wreckage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capt. Purnell Hall, a pastor with the Salvation Army, delivered hot chicken, couscous and salad to the office, enough for 50 people for lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone's emotional right now,\" he said of the families and friends inside. \"I hope that, in time, they can get the answers they need. I just wanted to come down and love on them right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FaridaJhabvala/status/805202858240970752\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FaridaJhabvala/status/805203545863561216\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Athletics/status/805126764183703552\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>We continue to learn more information about the fire that took place at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland on Friday night in what Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf described as \"a terrible tragedy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is a very complicated and devastating scene,\" Schaaf said, asking for the public's patience while officials undertake a \"very thorough and methodical investigation to discern what in fact happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to take us time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to speaking with reporters, Schaaf met with victims' families who continue to wait for word about their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was painful to tell them that it will be a considerable amount of time before we can give them the information that they deserve,\" Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recovery and identification efforts continue to be delayed because of structural instabilities, and as of midday Saturday, only one body had been removed from the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Hoffmann, operations chief for the Oakland Fire Department, said the scene continues to be \"too lively\" and that firefighters backed out of the structure after seeing the walls move. Firefighters planned to re-enter the building after securing unstable walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoffmann said that when firefighters initially arrived on the scene, they were able to enter the building and got about 20 yards in with handlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We knew there were people in there and we were trying to get them out,\" he said. \"It was just a labyrinth of little areas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said there appeared to be a single staircase, apparently constructed out of wood. When firefighters arrived, that staircase was on fire and \"not viable to be used to access the second floor.\" There was also no evidence of sprinklers and the building reportedly had two exits, according to Hoffmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initial reports show that the roof collapsed onto the second floor and \"in many areas, the second floor collapsed onto the first floor, further complicating our efforts to enter the building,\" Hoffmann said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darin Ranelletti, director of planning and building for the City of Oakland, said, \"the last designated use of the building was as a warehouse.\" The city had received reports that people were living there but officials were still investigating and trying to confirm that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After receiving complaints of blight and unpermitted construction on the property, an investigation was opened on Nov. 13. On Nov. 17, the city attempted to send an investigator to the building, but were unable to enter the premises, Ranelletti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranelletti added that a city-issued permit would have been required to throw a party at the address and that none had been issued for Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warehouse is owned by Chor Ng and is owned through the Chor N S Ng trust. Chor Ng has owned the building since 1997, and is listed as owner of a total of nine buildings in Oakland, including two near the warehouse: 1305 31st Ave. and 3073 International Blvd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-oakland-warehouse-fire-live-owner-of-oakland-warehouse-says-no-one-1480800502-htmlstory.html\"> L.A. Times\u003c/a> contacted Ng's daughter, Eva, who said the warehouse was leased as studio space for an art collective and not used as a dwelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More from The Times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Nobody lived there,\" she told The Times, adding: \"It was an art collective.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she had asked her leaseholders about the issue and been reassured nobody lived in the building. \"They confirmed multiple times. They said sometimes some people worked through the night but that is all,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second floor had two exits, both reached by wooden stairs, she said, adding she believes it also had smoke detectors. She was not familiar with comments by fire officials that the stairs consisted of stacked packing crates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ng said her mother felt terrible about the tragedy.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:30 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Families of missing people continue to wait for word of loved ones as firefighters wait to enter the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Vega, 36, was on break at work in Pittsburg when he heard about the fire on TV. His younger brother Alex, 22, loves going to raves and told their family he was going to a rave in Oakland last night with his girlfriend. Vega says her car is still parked at San Bruno BART Station, and his brother hasn't been answering his phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He would never not respond,\" Vega said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega doesn't know if his brother was at the party last night. He came to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office in Oakland, but was frustrated that he couldn't get any information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to go over there,\" Vega said, of the site of the fire. \"Give me some gloves. I got work shoes. I'm ready. Let me find my brother.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the building, Vega said there were about 30 family members of people who are missing. He said the mood was \"very somber.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are crying everywhere,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Red Cross and Salvation Army are providing food to families as they wait for news of their loved ones. Social workers and chaplains are also on hand, available to talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accounts of the fire from people at the building last night have appeared online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/seungylee14/status/805122472567652352\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/seungylee14/status/805123209150414848\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/seungylee14/status/805123317405364225\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/firevictimsofoaklandfiredec232016-706684\">relief fund\u003c/a> for victims has been started. Over $21,000 has been raised so far, from over 500 donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Firefighters continue to have difficulty accessing the inside of the building and are currently in the beginning stages of the \"recovery and identification process,\" according to Alameda County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ray Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a task just to get through the front door because of all the wreckage and debris,\" Kelly said at a noon press conference Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly added that there will be an arson investigation, but there is currently no reason to suspect arson and the building is not currently deemed a crime scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is just a tragedy and there are no easy answers right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly also provided some information about the people who were in the building last night. \"Some of these folks are not from the United States, they are visitors. A lot of the victims are young people, people in their 20s to 30s. They have families outside of the area who we are talking to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have nine confirmed victims. We believe there are more victims, but we’re not going to get into the numbers game at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly stated that not many victims were transported to area hospitals. \"People either made it out or didn't make it out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of questions that are being asked: What is the history of the building? What was the occupancy of the building? Any code violations?\" OPD spokeswoman Johnna Watson said. \"All of those questions about permits, calls to the location, we've already started the investigation and are looking into it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building at 1315 31st Avenue in East Oakland was subject to two recent building code enforcement complaints, according to city Planning and Building Department records \u003ca href=\"https://aca.accela.com/oakland/default.aspx\">available online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department received a housing habitability complaint on Nov. 14 alleging illegal interior construction. A building inspector was unable to verify the complaint on Nov. 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Nov. 13, the department received a complaint about “a ton of garbage piling up on the property” and alleging that “some of [the] trash was hazardous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The yard became a trash collection site and the main building was remodel (sic) for residential,” the complaint says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An inspector verified the complaint on Nov. 17 and notice of violation was sent on Nov. 21, according to online records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203436\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of trash and debris outside 1305 31st Avenue in Oakland, the scene of a fire on Dec. 3, 2016, that killed at least nine people attending a warehouse party there. The photograph is undated, but was included in a building complaint file started on Nov. 14, 2016.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photograph of trash and debris outside the 31st Avenue warehouse in Oakland, the scene of a fire on Dec. 3, 2016, that killed at least nine people attending a warehouse party there. The photograph is undated, but was included in a building complaint file started on Nov. 14, 2016. \u003ccite>(City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-1020x638.png\" alt=\"Google Street View image of 1307 31st Avenue in Oakland, dated August, 2014.\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-1020x638.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-160x100.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-800x500.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-1180x738.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-960x600.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-240x150.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-375x234.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-520x325.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Street View image of 31st Avenue warehouse in Oakland, dated August 2014. \u003ccite>(Google Street View)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:55 a.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> A death toll of nine is expected to rise in the coming hours and days as firefighters sift through the debris of an East Oakland fire that started during a warehouse party Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a very rough day for the City of Oakland,\" Alameda County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said during a Saturday morning press conference. \"This is not easy. This hits very close to home for a lot of us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly said he didn't want to speculate on how many were killed in the fire that started around 11:30 p.m. Friday inside the building known as the \"Ghost Ship\" at 1315 31st Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re prepared to deal with several dozen fatalities as a result of this fire,\" he said. \"We can confirm this morning nine deceased. We expect that number to go up when we’re able to go inside.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters extinguished the bulk of the blaze by daybreak Saturday morning, but were still fighting hot spots just after 10 a.m. The building's roof collapsed onto its second floor, Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to go in there piece by piece and move wood and timbers and debris,\" he said.\u003cbr>\nhttps://twitter.com/judyfcampbell/status/805123812597452801\u003cbr>\nApproximately 25 people were missing Saturday morning, but that number could include some already confirmed dead, Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re trying to make sense of all that chaos,\" he said, urging people with information about those attending the event featuring musician Golden Donna's 100% Silk West Coast tour to contact officials at (510) 382-3000. An assistance center for those seeking loved ones in person has also been established at 2425 E. 12th Street in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor Selby was among those searching for friends Saturday morning who may have been at the event. She told KQED's Sukey Lewis that some people in her group talked about going to the Ghost Ship party Friday night, and that's the last she heard from them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a really big shock,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Selby wasn't at the party Friday night, she said she's been in the building known for its chaotic interior before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It looked like it was a portal to a different dimension,\" she said. \"There were artifacts from all over the world. ... It kind of felt like a flea market.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, the cause of the fire is unknown, as is whether the building's design contributed to casualties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re going to need to talk to people who were in there and may have seen things,\" Sgt. Kelly said, \"but right now we’re not there yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials plan to give hourly updates throughout the day Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203306\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627394598-1020x765.jpg\" alt='Oakland, California, firefighters inspect a warehouse on December 3, 2016, where a fire during a rave party killed 9 people on December 2. Nine people were killed and 25 missing after a huge blaze broke out during a rave party near San Francisco held in a cluttered, maze-like warehouse for artists, known as \"Oakland Ghostship,\" fire officials said Saturday. ' width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland firefighters inspect a warehouse on Dec. 3, 2016, where a fire during a party killed 9 people on Dec. 2.\u003cbr>Nine people were killed and 25 missing after a huge blaze broke out during a rave party near San Francisco held in a cluttered, maze-like warehouse for artists, known as \"Oakland Ghostship,\" fire officials said Saturday. \u003ccite>(Virignia Goubier/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203305\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Firefighters and police at the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Firefighters and police at the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203304\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Charred windows on the face of a building that was the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Charred windows on the face of a building that was the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:17 a.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11203103\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire.jpg\" alt=\"oaklandfire\" width=\"621\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire.jpg 621w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-160x88.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-240x133.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-375x207.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-520x287.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\">Family and friends of people who attended a warehouse party in East Oakland Friday night are searching for unaccounted loved ones in the aftermath of a three-alarm fire that killed at least nine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coroners were preparing for more fatalities Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials said that about 50 people were inside the building known as the Ghost Ship at 1315 31st Ave. when the fire started at about 11:30 p.m. Friday. The building had no sprinklers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/OaklandFireLive/status/804966374506274816\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was too hot, too much smoke, I had to get out of there,\" Bob Mule, a photographer and artist who lives at the building and suffered minor burns, told the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/12/03/oakland-massive-fire-at-live-work-space-in-fruitvale-district/\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Times\u003c/a>. \"I literally felt my skin peeling and my lungs being suffocated by smoke. I couldn't get the fire extinguisher to work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People used a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/594396784086012/permalink/602632146595809/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page\u003c/a> Saturday to post and seek information on family and friends who may have been in the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland police urged those concerned about missing people to call the Alameda County Sheriff's Coroner's Bureau at 510-382-3000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post 8:19 a.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOAKLAND, Calif. — Fire officials say at least nine people died in a blaze that broke out during a party in a warehouse late Friday night in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Fire Chief Teresa Deloche-Reed says at least another 13 people are unaccounted for as of Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deloche-Reed says the fire department still must do a thorough search of the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire started about 11:30 p.m. Friday. It tore through the building during an event featuring musician Golden Donna's 100% Silk West Coast tour, the East Bay Times reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities told KTVU-TV about 50 people were in the building, which houses a group of artists and their studios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People concerned about loved ones missing in the fire should contact the Alameda County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Bureau 510-382-3000, the East Bay Times reported.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were able to resume clearing the building about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday after suspending the search to remove an unsafe wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Fire Battalion Chief Robert Lipp says crews have cleared 85 percent of the Ghost Ship warehouse with one corner still inaccessible because it is unstable. Crews hope to stabilize it Tuesday and continue their search.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Officials have released the names of 10 more victims of the fire at an Oakland warehouse:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Em Bohlka, 33, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Micah Danemayer, 28, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chelsea Dolan, 33, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feral Pines, 29, Berkeley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alex Ghassan, 35, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Michela Gregory, 20, South San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Edmund Lapine, 34, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jennifer Morris, 21, Foster City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Benjamin Runnels, 32, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jennifer Kiyomi Tanouye, 31, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Their families have been notified, officials said in a statement. A total of 22 victims have now been positively identified. Another 10 victims have been tentatively identified and three more need scientific identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The names of seven victims were released earlier, and the name of one 17-year-old minor is being withheld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The City of Oakland extends condolences to the families who have received the dreadful news that one of their loved ones perished in the fire,\" the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Authorities continue the recovery effort at the scene of the warehouse fire in Oakland, removing debris \"bucket by bucket\" as they search for additional victims and prosecutors begin to investigate the deadly blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death toll stands at 36. Of those, 33 have been tentatively identified and 16 families have been notified. Three of the victims are foreign nationals from South Korea, Guatemala and Finland, said Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern. Autopsies have been performed on 22 victims, with more scheduled for tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today is the day that more than two dozen families are going to learn of their loved one's loss,\" Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said at a press conference. \"Today is the day that more than two dozen families are going to start an entirely new life. For them, this is Day 1 of this incident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahern said coroners were working from a list of about 50 people who were reported missing, but not all of them are necessarily linked to the event or the venue. \"At this time, we’re not anticipating any more huge numbers\" of victims, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206956\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11206956\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-800x638.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-800x638.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-960x765.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-240x191.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-375x299.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut-520x414.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23079_Fire1-qut.jpg 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Ave. and recovery efforts undertaken. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County District Attorney's Office has activated the criminal investigation team, said District Attorney Nancy O'Malley. Once that happened, \"in essence the scene became a potential crime scene.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it's too early to speculate on charges, those could range from involuntary manslaughter to murder, depending on what their investigation reveals, O'Malley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re looking at two things: One is whether or not there is any criminal liability attached to this fire, and secondly, if there is criminal liability, against whom? And that is not clear right now,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206957\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11206957\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-800x647.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-800x647.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-160x129.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-240x194.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-375x303.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut-520x421.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23080_Fire2-qut.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Ave. and recovery efforts undertaken. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some interviews have already been conducted and the DA was receiving tips from the community about the site. O'Malley provided a hotline for people to call if they believe they have information relevant to the investigation: 877-288-2882.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will leave no stone unturned,\" she said. \"We are following up on every single lead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews have cleared 75 percent of the debris, said Darin White, deputy chief of the Field Operations Bureau at the Oakland Fire Department. He showed infrared images of the building taken Monday that show heat still contained in some of the steel beams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206959\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11206959\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-800x591.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-240x177.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-375x277.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut-520x384.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23082_Fire4-qut.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images of the inside of the warehouse at 1315 31st Avenue and recovery efforts undertaken. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Work has resumed at the site after a delay due to a leaning exterior wall at the front of the warehouse, said Johnna Watson, Oakland Police Department spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Friends and family have organized \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/379138479091566/\" target=\"_blank\">a vigil \u003c/a>tonight at 8 p.m. at the Lake Merritt Pergola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Crews have recovered an additional three victims, raising the death toll from the fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse to 36.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the victims, 11 people have been identified and their families notified, said Deputy Sheriff Tya Modeste of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. Names of seven victims were released Sunday night, and the others won't be released until families have had the chance to update other relatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We absolutely believe the number of fire fatalities will increase,\" said Oakland Fire Battalion Fire Chief Melinda Drayton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews have covered 70 percent of the building in the recovery effort. They stopped work late Sunday on a part of the site where local investigators and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives \"feel very strongly\" they have found the area of the fire's origin, Drayton said. That part of the warehouse has been quarantined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Based on the significant charring and damage in the building, we've got some areas where the steel is actually twisted and wrapped in the back of the building,\" she said of the area believed to be where the fire started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Potentially,\" during the party, \"the dance floor was just above\" that area, Drayton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just after midnight, crews had to stop work at the site when a 3-inch lean in an exterior wall was found at the front of the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Working under a wobbly, potentially collapsing exterior wall is extremely dangerous,\" Drayton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Structural engineers and contract workers were expected to arrive soon at the site and make a game plan for re-entering the site. They hope to be back in by noon, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities were \"no closer to finding a cause\" for the blaze, Drayton said, and when asked about the temperature of the fire, she described it as \"extremely hot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News morning anchor Brian Watt spoke with East Bay desk reporters Sandhya Dirks and Devin Katayama Monday morning about the recovery efforts. Listen below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296396513&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296396513'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News morning anchor Brian Watt spoke with Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo, whose district contains the Ghost Ship warehouse. He spoke about code violations in these types of buildings across Oakland. Listen below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296399868&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296399868'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News morning anchor Brian Watt spoke again with East Bay desk reporters Sandhya Dirks and Devin Katayama Monday morning about the latest. Listen below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296396814&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296396814'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Update, 6:20 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County Sheriff's Office Coroner's Bureau has provided names of seven of the victims in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland. An eighth, a 17-year-old minor, will not be named. The office indicated the families of the victims have been notified. The victims with their ages and home cities are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Cash Askew, 22, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>David Clines, 35, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nick Gomez-Hall, 25, Coronado\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sara Hoda, 30, Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Travis Hough, 35, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Donna Kellogg, 32, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Brandon Chase Wittenauer, 32, Hayward\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>We will provide more information about those killed in the blaze over the next couple of days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death toll from the fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland has risen to 33, according to Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly. He said during a press conference that the cause of the fire is still unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven names of the victims will be released today. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said the search operation will continue 24/7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley has activated a criminal investigation team for any potential investigation into the fire. Only O'Malley can launch a criminal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said it is far too early for officials to speculate about the cause of the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The scope of this tragedy is tremendous. We have many, many witnesses to interview,\" Schaaf said. \"We are in the process of doing that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sgt. Kelly said recovery crews have broken the warehouse into four quadrants for search purposes and victims have been found in every quadrant. Kelly said more than 60 percent of the warehouse still needs to be searched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly said teenagers were among those killed. He added that some victims come from other countries and that there are attempts to contact families of the victims in Europe and Asia with the help of the State Department. Kelly also confirmed the son of a sheriff's deputy was among the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This tragedy has hit very close to home for our agency,\" Kelly said. \"One of our deputies that we work with lost his son in this fire, and so we're still dealing with that as we continue to deal with the other victims. This has affected us as first responders. We weren't really prepared to talk about that right now, but we're dealing with that, and our family, and our department is hurting from that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coroner's office reiterated that family and friends should preserve any objects that may contain victims' DNA, such as combs, brushes or toothbrushes for identification purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo, whose district contains the Ghost Ship warehouse, said city officials are beginning to have discussions about these type of buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My responsibility to the citizens, we do need to enforce the codes that we have,\" Gallo said in an interview with KQED's Devin Katayama. \"Certainly we've recognized we should have been more assertive in the past.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katayama also spoke with Oakland resident Chris Dunn, who said he had attended parties at the Ghost Ship warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are places that people go that don't always fit into the legal and above-board clubs,” Dunn said. “These places people go to that can't afford to go to some of those other bigger, above-board events. These are places you're just not turned away for lack of funds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials are holding a press conference at 3 p.m. to discuss the latest in the Oakland warehouse fire that has killed at least 30 individuals. Watch it live below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKQED%2Fvideos%2F10153821397956191%2F&show_text=0&width=400\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:50 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death toll from the fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland has risen to 30, according to Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is an astronomical number,\" he said. \"We’re still not done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly said crews are getting deeper into the building and expects to find more victims. He also asked families to preserve any potential sources of victims' DNA to identify bodies.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From the Associated Press:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chaplain who met with families trying to determine if their loved ones are among the dead in a fire at a dance party says the uncertainty is difficult to bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Fire Department chaplain Jayson Landeza said Sunday the families want to be able to have some kind of closure. Landeza met with the families at an Alameda County Sheriff's Office in Oakland that has been turned into a family resource center. At least a dozen people have gathered there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said this morning that they have searched only 20 percent of the charred remains of the building, where they now say 24 people died after a fire erupted during a dance party. The number of dead is expected to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly says officials have been in touch with the families of three of the dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>We're continuing to get more information on the deadly fire that erupted at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland overnight Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 24 bodies have now been located in recovery efforts, said Alameda County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Ray Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will release the names of the victims later today,\" he said. \"We anticipate the number of victims will rise -- it will increase.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rescue workers removed \"bucket by bucket\" of debris overnight, covering 20 percent of the building. They were able to successfully breach the east side of the warehouse to gain more access to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was quiet,\" Oakland Fire Battalion Chief Melinda Drayton said of the workers and the work. \"It was heartbreaking to get through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she believed it to be \"the most deadly fire\" in Oakland's history. The cause of the fire is still being investigated: \"We don't believe that we have even gotten close to the origin of the fire,\" she said.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nUpdate, 8 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Many families are awaiting word on loved ones who might have attended the dance party at the Oakland warehouse where a fire broke out overnight Friday, killing at least nine people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the parents waiting is Kim Gregory, mother of Michela Gregory, a 20-year-old student at San Francisco State University. Michela went with her boyfriend, Alex Vega, to the party. Gregory said after learning about the fire that she immediately came to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, where other families of the missing were gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Emergency Contacts for People Seeking Loved Ones\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call:\u003c/strong> (510) 382-3000\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Assistance Center:\u003c/strong> 2425 E. 12th Street, Oakland\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>- \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/oakland-california-fire-dec03-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Safety Check\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>-\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/594396784086012/permalink/602632146595809/\" target=\"_blank\">List of Missing (Facebook)\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>-\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/firevictimsofoaklandfiredec232016-706684?fb_action_ids=10154858073477755&fb_action_types=youcaringcom%3Ashare\">Fire Relief Fund for Victims\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We were too shaken up, My brother had to drive us over here,” said Gregory, of South San Francisco. “We're just holding on trying to get all the information we can. We're not getting very much, so we're just waiting here as long as we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregory said her daughter was an honor roll student studying child development for children with special needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s very intelligent,” she said. “She carries her heart on her shoulder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregory said she is holding out hope that rescuers say \"they found some badly burned alive people somewhere in a hospital -- where I can go see her and bring her home.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>We continue to get more updates about the deadly fire that struck the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland overnight Friday.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nine bodies have been recovered from the scene and at least two dozen people remain unaccounted for, Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We still have a lot of families that are in that unknown stage,\" he said at a press conference. \"They are grieving and remain at our family assistance center.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recovery efforts will continue overnight, Kelly said, noting it is expected to take 48 hours, at a minimum. A crane, excavators, dumpster trucks and flood lights will be used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know there are bodies that are in there that we can’t get to, that have been seen but not recovered,\" he said. The work has to move slowly \"because when we’re pulling debris, we want to make sure that there are not victims trapped in that debris.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203697 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters on Dec. 3, 2016, work on the scene following a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood in Oakland. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The building has engineering problems and structural issues that have made the recovery and identification process more difficult -- challenges that will get tougher in the dark, Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of areas that we cannot get to, that we need to cut away parts of the building and use excavation techniques\" on, he said. \"That is more difficult at night because you can't see things you would normally see in the day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities have located several people who were believed to have been missing but still don't have a precise number of victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't even know how far into the process that we are,\" Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203700 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman becomes emotional while speaking on the phone near the scene of a devastating overnight fire on Dec. 2, 2016, in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>We have more information about the deadly blaze at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland overnight Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four bodies have been removed from the scene, said\u003cbr>\nAlameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly. Authorities are taking fingerprints in hopes that it will help to identify the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there remain \"at least a couple dozen people that we need to figure out their whereabouts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work is slow going, Kelly said, noting that it's \"very bad wreckage,\" \"very twisted debris.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Floors have collapsed on top of floors. The roof has collapsed,\" he said at a press conference. \"There are more victims, we would imagine, under that wreckage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities may bring in cadaver dogs or robot technologies to help them get into the \"places and crevices we can't get in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11203701\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work on the scene following an overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Dec. 2,, 2016. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Families and friends gathered at the Alameda County Sheriff's Office in Oakland to await word about their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of people walked in and out of the office Saturday afternoon, many crying, consoling each other or keeping their eyes focused on the sidewalk. Families have gotten little information since firefighters have had so much difficulty sifting through the wreckage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capt. Purnell Hall, a pastor with the Salvation Army, delivered hot chicken, couscous and salad to the office, enough for 50 people for lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone's emotional right now,\" he said of the families and friends inside. \"I hope that, in time, they can get the answers they need. I just wanted to come down and love on them right now.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>We continue to learn more information about the fire that took place at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland on Friday night in what Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf described as \"a terrible tragedy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is a very complicated and devastating scene,\" Schaaf said, asking for the public's patience while officials undertake a \"very thorough and methodical investigation to discern what in fact happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to take us time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to speaking with reporters, Schaaf met with victims' families who continue to wait for word about their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was painful to tell them that it will be a considerable amount of time before we can give them the information that they deserve,\" Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recovery and identification efforts continue to be delayed because of structural instabilities, and as of midday Saturday, only one body had been removed from the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Hoffmann, operations chief for the Oakland Fire Department, said the scene continues to be \"too lively\" and that firefighters backed out of the structure after seeing the walls move. Firefighters planned to re-enter the building after securing unstable walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoffmann said that when firefighters initially arrived on the scene, they were able to enter the building and got about 20 yards in with handlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We knew there were people in there and we were trying to get them out,\" he said. \"It was just a labyrinth of little areas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said there appeared to be a single staircase, apparently constructed out of wood. When firefighters arrived, that staircase was on fire and \"not viable to be used to access the second floor.\" There was also no evidence of sprinklers and the building reportedly had two exits, according to Hoffmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initial reports show that the roof collapsed onto the second floor and \"in many areas, the second floor collapsed onto the first floor, further complicating our efforts to enter the building,\" Hoffmann said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darin Ranelletti, director of planning and building for the City of Oakland, said, \"the last designated use of the building was as a warehouse.\" The city had received reports that people were living there but officials were still investigating and trying to confirm that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After receiving complaints of blight and unpermitted construction on the property, an investigation was opened on Nov. 13. On Nov. 17, the city attempted to send an investigator to the building, but were unable to enter the premises, Ranelletti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranelletti added that a city-issued permit would have been required to throw a party at the address and that none had been issued for Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warehouse is owned by Chor Ng and is owned through the Chor N S Ng trust. Chor Ng has owned the building since 1997, and is listed as owner of a total of nine buildings in Oakland, including two near the warehouse: 1305 31st Ave. and 3073 International Blvd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-oakland-warehouse-fire-live-owner-of-oakland-warehouse-says-no-one-1480800502-htmlstory.html\"> L.A. 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She was not familiar with comments by fire officials that the stairs consisted of stacked packing crates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ng said her mother felt terrible about the tragedy.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:30 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Families of missing people continue to wait for word of loved ones as firefighters wait to enter the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Vega, 36, was on break at work in Pittsburg when he heard about the fire on TV. His younger brother Alex, 22, loves going to raves and told their family he was going to a rave in Oakland last night with his girlfriend. Vega says her car is still parked at San Bruno BART Station, and his brother hasn't been answering his phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He would never not respond,\" Vega said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega doesn't know if his brother was at the party last night. He came to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office in Oakland, but was frustrated that he couldn't get any information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to go over there,\" Vega said, of the site of the fire. \"Give me some gloves. I got work shoes. I'm ready. Let me find my brother.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the building, Vega said there were about 30 family members of people who are missing. He said the mood was \"very somber.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are crying everywhere,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Red Cross and Salvation Army are providing food to families as they wait for news of their loved ones. Social workers and chaplains are also on hand, available to talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accounts of the fire from people at the building last night have appeared online.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/firevictimsofoaklandfiredec232016-706684\">relief fund\u003c/a> for victims has been started. Over $21,000 has been raised so far, from over 500 donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Firefighters continue to have difficulty accessing the inside of the building and are currently in the beginning stages of the \"recovery and identification process,\" according to Alameda County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ray Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a task just to get through the front door because of all the wreckage and debris,\" Kelly said at a noon press conference Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly added that there will be an arson investigation, but there is currently no reason to suspect arson and the building is not currently deemed a crime scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is just a tragedy and there are no easy answers right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly also provided some information about the people who were in the building last night. \"Some of these folks are not from the United States, they are visitors. A lot of the victims are young people, people in their 20s to 30s. They have families outside of the area who we are talking to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have nine confirmed victims. We believe there are more victims, but we’re not going to get into the numbers game at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly stated that not many victims were transported to area hospitals. \"People either made it out or didn't make it out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of questions that are being asked: What is the history of the building? What was the occupancy of the building? Any code violations?\" OPD spokeswoman Johnna Watson said. \"All of those questions about permits, calls to the location, we've already started the investigation and are looking into it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building at 1315 31st Avenue in East Oakland was subject to two recent building code enforcement complaints, according to city Planning and Building Department records \u003ca href=\"https://aca.accela.com/oakland/default.aspx\">available online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department received a housing habitability complaint on Nov. 14 alleging illegal interior construction. A building inspector was unable to verify the complaint on Nov. 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Nov. 13, the department received a complaint about “a ton of garbage piling up on the property” and alleging that “some of [the] trash was hazardous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The yard became a trash collection site and the main building was remodel (sic) for residential,” the complaint says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An inspector verified the complaint on Nov. 17 and notice of violation was sent on Nov. 21, according to online records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203436\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of trash and debris outside 1305 31st Avenue in Oakland, the scene of a fire on Dec. 3, 2016, that killed at least nine people attending a warehouse party there. The photograph is undated, but was included in a building complaint file started on Nov. 14, 2016.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23038_DSC_0965-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photograph of trash and debris outside the 31st Avenue warehouse in Oakland, the scene of a fire on Dec. 3, 2016, that killed at least nine people attending a warehouse party there. The photograph is undated, but was included in a building complaint file started on Nov. 14, 2016. \u003ccite>(City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-1020x638.png\" alt=\"Google Street View image of 1307 31st Avenue in Oakland, dated August, 2014.\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-1020x638.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-160x100.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-800x500.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-1180x738.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-960x600.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-240x150.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-375x234.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM-520x325.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-03-at-12.35.26-PM.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Street View image of 31st Avenue warehouse in Oakland, dated August 2014. \u003ccite>(Google Street View)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:55 a.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> A death toll of nine is expected to rise in the coming hours and days as firefighters sift through the debris of an East Oakland fire that started during a warehouse party Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a very rough day for the City of Oakland,\" Alameda County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said during a Saturday morning press conference. \"This is not easy. This hits very close to home for a lot of us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly said he didn't want to speculate on how many were killed in the fire that started around 11:30 p.m. Friday inside the building known as the \"Ghost Ship\" at 1315 31st Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re prepared to deal with several dozen fatalities as a result of this fire,\" he said. \"We can confirm this morning nine deceased. We expect that number to go up when we’re able to go inside.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters extinguished the bulk of the blaze by daybreak Saturday morning, but were still fighting hot spots just after 10 a.m. The building's roof collapsed onto its second floor, Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to go in there piece by piece and move wood and timbers and debris,\" he said.\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nApproximately 25 people were missing Saturday morning, but that number could include some already confirmed dead, Kelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re trying to make sense of all that chaos,\" he said, urging people with information about those attending the event featuring musician Golden Donna's 100% Silk West Coast tour to contact officials at (510) 382-3000. An assistance center for those seeking loved ones in person has also been established at 2425 E. 12th Street in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor Selby was among those searching for friends Saturday morning who may have been at the event. She told KQED's Sukey Lewis that some people in her group talked about going to the Ghost Ship party Friday night, and that's the last she heard from them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a really big shock,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Selby wasn't at the party Friday night, she said she's been in the building known for its chaotic interior before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It looked like it was a portal to a different dimension,\" she said. \"There were artifacts from all over the world. ... It kind of felt like a flea market.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, the cause of the fire is unknown, as is whether the building's design contributed to casualties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re going to need to talk to people who were in there and may have seen things,\" Sgt. Kelly said, \"but right now we’re not there yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials plan to give hourly updates throughout the day Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203306\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627394598-1020x765.jpg\" alt='Oakland, California, firefighters inspect a warehouse on December 3, 2016, where a fire during a rave party killed 9 people on December 2. Nine people were killed and 25 missing after a huge blaze broke out during a rave party near San Francisco held in a cluttered, maze-like warehouse for artists, known as \"Oakland Ghostship,\" fire officials said Saturday. ' width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland firefighters inspect a warehouse on Dec. 3, 2016, where a fire during a party killed 9 people on Dec. 2.\u003cbr>Nine people were killed and 25 missing after a huge blaze broke out during a rave party near San Francisco held in a cluttered, maze-like warehouse for artists, known as \"Oakland Ghostship,\" fire officials said Saturday. \u003ccite>(Virignia Goubier/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203305\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Firefighters and police at the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Firefighters and police at the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11203304\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Charred windows on the face of a building that was the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627387046-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 03: Charred windows on the face of a building that was the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:17 a.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11203103\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire.jpg\" alt=\"oaklandfire\" width=\"621\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire.jpg 621w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-160x88.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-240x133.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-375x207.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OaklandFire-520x287.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\">Family and friends of people who attended a warehouse party in East Oakland Friday night are searching for unaccounted loved ones in the aftermath of a three-alarm fire that killed at least nine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coroners were preparing for more fatalities Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials said that about 50 people were inside the building known as the Ghost Ship at 1315 31st Ave. when the fire started at about 11:30 p.m. Friday. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\"It was too hot, too much smoke, I had to get out of there,\" Bob Mule, a photographer and artist who lives at the building and suffered minor burns, told the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/12/03/oakland-massive-fire-at-live-work-space-in-fruitvale-district/\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Times\u003c/a>. \"I literally felt my skin peeling and my lungs being suffocated by smoke. I couldn't get the fire extinguisher to work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People used a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/594396784086012/permalink/602632146595809/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page\u003c/a> Saturday to post and seek information on family and friends who may have been in the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland police urged those concerned about missing people to call the Alameda County Sheriff's Coroner's Bureau at 510-382-3000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post 8:19 a.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOAKLAND, Calif. — Fire officials say at least nine people died in a blaze that broke out during a party in a warehouse late Friday night in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Fire Chief Teresa Deloche-Reed says at least another 13 people are unaccounted for as of Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deloche-Reed says the fire department still must do a thorough search of the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire started about 11:30 p.m. Friday. It tore through the building during an event featuring musician Golden Donna's 100% Silk West Coast tour, the East Bay Times reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities told KTVU-TV about 50 people were in the building, which houses a group of artists and their studios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For days after the election, Steven Weissman’s final comic strip of the election cycle sat on the drafting board of his home studio in L.A.’s Little Armenia neighborhood. It's a sketch of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, both candidates feverishly tracking election night results on their devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump in his little secret underground lair and Hillary Clinton on a frozen wasteland just updating their feeds and getting results from states,” says Weissman with a chuckle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201822\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Weissman’s final comic strip of the election cycle is still sitting on the drafting board of his home studio \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Weissman’s final comic strip of the election cycle is still sitting on the drafting board of his home studio \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weissman broke into the world of alternative comics about 20 years ago with a DIY comic book series called “Yikes!” It revolved around a cast of Charlie Brown-like characters modeled after famous Hollywood Monsters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weissman’s first foray into political cartooning began around the end of President Obama’s first term. He was recruited by publisher \u003ca href=\"http://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/steven-weissman/\">Fantagraphics\u003c/a> to craft a weekly online strip revolving around Obama, his family and his closest advisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201908\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 2012 book ‘Barak Hussein Obama’\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 2012 book ‘Barack Hussein Obama’ \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That eventually led to the 2012 book, \"Barack Hussein Obama.\" His politically minded work also appears at the edgy, alternative comics and humor website \u003ca href=\"http://stevenweissman.tumblr.com/post/145661126199/superdeluxe-the-trump-boyzz-are-in-a-whole-heap\">Super Deluxe\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his new collection, \"Looking for America’s Dog,\" the action hinges on first daughters Sasha and Malia, first dog Bo and a vast supporting cast that includes a shape-shifting Hillary Clinton, a hapless Joe Biden and an unsettlingly severe John Kerry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201835\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201835\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-800x800.gif\" alt=\"Image of Hillary Clinton from GIF animation created by Steven Weissman\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-800x800.gif 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-160x160.gif 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-1020x1020.gif 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-1920x1920.gif 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-1180x1180.gif 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-960x960.gif 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-240x240.gif 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-375x375.gif 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-520x520.gif 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-50x50.gif 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Hillary Clinton from GIF animation created by Steven Weissman \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Obama and his staffers are depicted as well-meaning but petulant and sometimes clueless teens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the beginning (of the book) Vice President Biden is having a meeting at the White House and actually leaves the gate open and Bo Obama, the president's first dog, runs out,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201827\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201827\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 'Looking for America's Dog'\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 'Looking for America's Dog' \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And so begins an around-the-world odyssey that includes stops in North Africa and a harrowing and darkly humorous encounter with the murderous Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, and a stop in North Korea where Bo Obama encounters \"Supreme Leader\" Kim Jong-un hanging out with former cross-dressing NBA star and reality TV fixture Dennis Rodman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The dog engages in hot points all over the world where news is happening, whether it was in Africa, the Korean peninsula, wherever there was something happening that seemed really interesting,” says Weissman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, first daughters Sasha and Malia desperately track Bo’s movements. Sasha has developed a mysterious clairvoyance. But it’s hit and miss, like trying to tune in a distant radio station in a sea of static.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Malia is always asking her to check up on celebrities like, well what’s happening with Chris Brown? And she’s like: No, I don’t want to look at those guys!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11201832 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Wiessman at his home in L.A.’s Little Armenia. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Weissman at his home in L.A.’s Little Armenia. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weissman plumbs some dark areas throughout the story. Bo turns up in the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo the day it’s shot up by terrorists. Sasha and Malia forge a sweet but frightening connection with a group of African schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't like a lot of the mean things that are happening in this world. but for good comics I think you can really explore them. And yes, it gets really bloody and it gets ugly and I'm sorry about that,” Weissman laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now with the U.S. at a political crossroads, Weissman is at a creative crossroads. He often depicted Hillary Clinton as a thin-skinned bureaucrat capable of erupting with Hulk-like fury. But he voted for her, not for Donald Trump. And he’s struggled to develop a convincing comic portrayal of the president-elect. Trump remains an elusive character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He's more like a professional wrestler character,” explains Weissman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201833\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201833\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Some rough sketches for one of Weissman's Donald Trump comic strips.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some rough sketches for one of Weissman's Donald Trump comic strips. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I drew comics about President Obama or Hillary, they seem like real grown-ups with real grown-up problems,” he says. “You can relate to someone who seems to have some real (inner) conflict. I don’t see conflict in Donald Trump. You just sort of see this ego.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, after chronicling a presidency and a brutal presidential election, Weissman’s online political strip may draw to a close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't know if I want to stay in this world right now. It seems a little mean-spirited and ugly,” says Weissman, reflecting on what’s to come under a Trump presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't think the world’s going to end,” laughs Weissman. “I just think it's gonna be kind of a meaner place for the next few years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near the start of \"Looking for America’s Dog,\" there’s a single-page black-and-white comic that breaks up the action. It’s inspired by \"Little House on the Prairie\" author Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s a pastoral scene in a cabin by a warm hearth, an oasis of calm in the middle of a political world spinning off its axis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weissman says he’d like to devote more time to that kind of work, to stories that focus on simple but often elusive qualities like faith and kindness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201837\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from Steven Weissman's ‘Looking for America’s Dog’\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excerpt from Steven Weissman's ‘Looking for America’s Dog’ \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For days after the election, Steven Weissman’s final comic strip of the election cycle sat on the drafting board of his home studio in L.A.’s Little Armenia neighborhood. It's a sketch of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, both candidates feverishly tracking election night results on their devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump in his little secret underground lair and Hillary Clinton on a frozen wasteland just updating their feeds and getting results from states,” says Weissman with a chuckle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201822\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Weissman’s final comic strip of the election cycle is still sitting on the drafting board of his home studio \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comix-draft-table-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Weissman’s final comic strip of the election cycle is still sitting on the drafting board of his home studio \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weissman broke into the world of alternative comics about 20 years ago with a DIY comic book series called “Yikes!” It revolved around a cast of Charlie Brown-like characters modeled after famous Hollywood Monsters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weissman’s first foray into political cartooning began around the end of President Obama’s first term. He was recruited by publisher \u003ca href=\"http://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/steven-weissman/\">Fantagraphics\u003c/a> to craft a weekly online strip revolving around Obama, his family and his closest advisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201908\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 2012 book ‘Barak Hussein Obama’\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-BHO-ex2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 2012 book ‘Barack Hussein Obama’ \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That eventually led to the 2012 book, \"Barack Hussein Obama.\" His politically minded work also appears at the edgy, alternative comics and humor website \u003ca href=\"http://stevenweissman.tumblr.com/post/145661126199/superdeluxe-the-trump-boyzz-are-in-a-whole-heap\">Super Deluxe\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his new collection, \"Looking for America’s Dog,\" the action hinges on first daughters Sasha and Malia, first dog Bo and a vast supporting cast that includes a shape-shifting Hillary Clinton, a hapless Joe Biden and an unsettlingly severe John Kerry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201835\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201835\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-800x800.gif\" alt=\"Image of Hillary Clinton from GIF animation created by Steven Weissman\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-800x800.gif 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-160x160.gif 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-1020x1020.gif 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-1920x1920.gif 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-1180x1180.gif 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-960x960.gif 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-240x240.gif 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-375x375.gif 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-520x520.gif 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-50x50.gif 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/obama-comic-gif-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Hillary Clinton from GIF animation created by Steven Weissman \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Obama and his staffers are depicted as well-meaning but petulant and sometimes clueless teens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the beginning (of the book) Vice President Biden is having a meeting at the White House and actually leaves the gate open and Bo Obama, the president's first dog, runs out,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201827\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201827\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 'Looking for America's Dog'\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-Comix-snow-bo-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excerpt from Steven Weissman's 'Looking for America's Dog' \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And so begins an around-the-world odyssey that includes stops in North Africa and a harrowing and darkly humorous encounter with the murderous Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, and a stop in North Korea where Bo Obama encounters \"Supreme Leader\" Kim Jong-un hanging out with former cross-dressing NBA star and reality TV fixture Dennis Rodman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The dog engages in hot points all over the world where news is happening, whether it was in Africa, the Korean peninsula, wherever there was something happening that seemed really interesting,” says Weissman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, first daughters Sasha and Malia desperately track Bo’s movements. Sasha has developed a mysterious clairvoyance. But it’s hit and miss, like trying to tune in a distant radio station in a sea of static.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Malia is always asking her to check up on celebrities like, well what’s happening with Chris Brown? And she’s like: No, I don’t want to look at those guys!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11201832 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Wiessman at his home in L.A.’s Little Armenia. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COMIX-SW-table-art-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Weissman at his home in L.A.’s Little Armenia. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weissman plumbs some dark areas throughout the story. Bo turns up in the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo the day it’s shot up by terrorists. Sasha and Malia forge a sweet but frightening connection with a group of African schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't like a lot of the mean things that are happening in this world. but for good comics I think you can really explore them. And yes, it gets really bloody and it gets ugly and I'm sorry about that,” Weissman laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now with the U.S. at a political crossroads, Weissman is at a creative crossroads. He often depicted Hillary Clinton as a thin-skinned bureaucrat capable of erupting with Hulk-like fury. But he voted for her, not for Donald Trump. And he’s struggled to develop a convincing comic portrayal of the president-elect. Trump remains an elusive character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He's more like a professional wrestler character,” explains Weissman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201833\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201833\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Some rough sketches for one of Weissman's Donald Trump comic strips.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/ObamaComix-Trump-tests-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some rough sketches for one of Weissman's Donald Trump comic strips. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I drew comics about President Obama or Hillary, they seem like real grown-ups with real grown-up problems,” he says. “You can relate to someone who seems to have some real (inner) conflict. I don’t see conflict in Donald Trump. You just sort of see this ego.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, after chronicling a presidency and a brutal presidential election, Weissman’s online political strip may draw to a close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't know if I want to stay in this world right now. It seems a little mean-spirited and ugly,” says Weissman, reflecting on what’s to come under a Trump presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't think the world’s going to end,” laughs Weissman. “I just think it's gonna be kind of a meaner place for the next few years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near the start of \"Looking for America’s Dog,\" there’s a single-page black-and-white comic that breaks up the action. It’s inspired by \"Little House on the Prairie\" author Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s a pastoral scene in a cabin by a warm hearth, an oasis of calm in the middle of a political world spinning off its axis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weissman says he’d like to devote more time to that kind of work, to stories that focus on simple but often elusive qualities like faith and kindness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11201837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11201837\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from Steven Weissman's ‘Looking for America’s Dog’\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/OBAMA-COM-LittleHouse-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excerpt from Steven Weissman's ‘Looking for America’s Dog’ \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It was a jarring sensation Saturday night: From the vigil \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/03/at-least-nine-people-dead-in-large-fire-at-oakland-party/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at Ghost Ship\u003c/a>, the burned-out warehouse in Oakland’s Fruitvale where dozens died, I could walk to an art party, just a block away. It was open studios weekend in \u003ca href=\"https://jingletown.org/\">Jingletown\u003c/a>, a tiny Oakland neighborhood between BART and the Nimitz, where new condos mix with old warehouses filled with artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12439726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12439726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Norton Factory Studios owner Walter Craven\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-768x475.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-1920x1188.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502-520x322.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3502.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norton Factory Studios owner Walter Craven. \u003ccite>(Photo: Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a tip jar at the bar,” said Walter Craven, the owner of \u003ca href=\"http://nortonfactorystudios.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norton Factory Studios\u003c/a>. “And we’re going to donate every dollar we make tonight to help out the people affected by the fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photos of the Ghost Ship warehouse depict extravagantly decorated and cluttered rooms, and survivors described a homemade staircase to the second floor, where many were trapped. Oakland city inspectors had opened an investigation into the safety of Ghost Ship, where there were no sprinklers. At Craven’s building nearby, the studios and common spaces are clean and well lit, with backup lighting at exits in case of a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s up to code,” Craven said, “because we’ve engaged the city. I do know of a lot of other places, that I cannot mention, that don’t engage the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But artists say they often put up with unsafe conditions to secure a bigger space, or because they fear getting priced out of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re any kind of artist, you have sacrificed safety for your passion,” said \u003ca href=\"http://www.scapemartinez.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scape Martinez\u003c/a>, one of the 25 artists at Norton. Martinez is well-known, but for years he drove from his home in Newark to Sacramento and back, to find a studio he could afford. Making a fuss over inadequate heat or fire protection, Martinez said, is just asking for a rent hike or an eviction notice. “We live in some dire times in terms of just finding space to exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12439727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12439727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Scape Martinez is one of the artists at Norton Factory Studios\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-768x475.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-1920x1188.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499-520x322.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/IMG_3499.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scape Martinez is one of the artists at Norton Factory Studios. \u003ccite>(Photo: Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Oakland city leaders, the fire is a wake-up call. \u003ca href=\"http://galloforoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Councilman Noel Gallo\u003c/a> says the city will have to find the money to pay for more thorough fire inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize that we should have been more assertive in the past,” Gallo told KQED’s Devin Katayama, “but now we’ll expedite that action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some in the artist community fear even a well-intentioned crackdown will end up displacing artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A building gets renovated,” said artist Laura Hoke, “and instead of being rented back to artists it gets turned into condos. I just don’t want to see people pushed out of places they’ve been in for years, or decades.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"8AhmnL1B0FNYxjfwEpNLd6ztfOTu0VGl\"]The fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland has resulted in 33 confirmed fatalities and counting. Many are wondering how they can help. Here's a list of five fundraisers and ongoing relief efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Primary Fundraiser: Fire Relief Fund for Victims of Ghost Ship Oakland Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/firevictimsofoaklandfiredec232016-706684\" target=\"_blank\">This fundraiser\u003c/a> was launched the morning after the fire, and has amassed over $200,000 and counting. \"As soon as we know the full scope of this tragedy,\" organizers say, \"we will work to distribute appropriately, and of course for funeral expenses the funds will go to the victims' families.\" The fundraiser is organized by Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, a reliable and respected nonprofit located in the former Grand Theater in San Francisco's Mission District. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/firevictimsofoaklandfiredec232016-706684\" target=\"_blank\">Donate here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oakland A's and Oakland Raiders Matching-Funds Fundraiser\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Within a day, the Oakland A's launched \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/oaklandfirevictimsfrom130531staveinoakland-706680#mlb-oakland\" target=\"_blank\">a fundraiser\u003c/a> to match donations up to $20,000; the Oakland Raiders soon joined. The response has been overwhelming enough that the matched donation level keeps rising. At press time, your donation will be matched by the MLB and NFL teams up to $50,000 each. (The Golden State Warriors have announced a $50,000 donation to the Unity Council, a nonprofit in the Fruitvale District where the fire occurred.) \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/oaklandfirevictimsfrom130531staveinoakland-706680#mlb-oakland\" target=\"_blank\">Donate here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Ghost Ship Fire: Residents Support\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While many of the fire's victims were attendees of the party, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/ghost-ship-fire-residents-support\" target=\"_blank\">this fundraiser\u003c/a> is for \"the 20 residents who have lost their home and all their belongings,\" according to organizers. The fund is facilitated by filmmaker Reina Lam. Several residents were in attendance; all of them lost all of their belongings. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/ghost-ship-fire-residents-support\" target=\"_blank\">Donate here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources to Support Ghost Ship\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can't spare a cash donation but are able to help in other ways, this \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mNd42ap709Azq6Y2tczKMITTGNWxobo6WKWf1JIr_Tg/htmlview#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\">Google doc\u003c/a> lists people who are able lend support and resources to those affected by the fire. It is being shared publicly for people looking for assistance. If you're able to take in loved ones traveling from long distances, or residents displaced, or even just offer rides, food or other help, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mNd42ap709Azq6Y2tczKMITTGNWxobo6WKWf1JIr_Tg/htmlview#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\">add your name and contact information to the document\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oakland Firefighters: Random Acts of Kindness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The psychological toll on firefighters searching through debris for victims can be intense. One way to help firefighters is to donate to the Oakland firefighters' \u003ca href=\"http://www.ofrandomacts.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Random Acts of Kindness\" fund\u003c/a>, used for exactly what its title promises. After 911 calls or emergencies, firefighters often encounter people in need, and the fund is used for surprises like the one seen below -- a good way to mitigate feelings of hopelessness. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ofrandomacts.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Donate here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOoh6EJoEV8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For those looking for spaces to collectively mourn and be there for each other, here's a list of benefits, vigils and other events happening around the Bay Area for those affected by the Oakland fire:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/12/05/oakland-fire-benefits-vigils-and-other-ways-to-honor-the-victims/\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The death toll is expected to rise as authorities make their way through the wreckage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some photos of the recovery efforts, as well as of a memorial at the scene:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206434\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206434 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lidia Marquez prays on Dec. 4, 2016, near the site of a devastating warehouse fire in Oakland. The fire took place during a musical event late Friday night. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206435\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206435 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A single rose hangs on a fence near the site of a deadly warehouse fire Dec. 2 at an artists' collective in Oakland. The fire took place during a musical event late Friday night. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206431\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206431 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather on Dec. 3, 2016, near an Oakland warehouse after it was destroyed by a devastating fire the night before. \u003ccite>(Nick Otto/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206442 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman becomes emotional while viewing cleanup efforts on Dec. 4, 2016, at the site of a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event the night before. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206444\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206444 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men embrace near the site of a devastating Dec. 2 warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206443 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial is set up near the site of a massive and deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event on Friday night, Dec. 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206440\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206440 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two people embrace following a small ceremony near the site of a devastating warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2 during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206439 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial is seen near the site of a devastating Dec. 2, 2016, warehouse fire in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206436 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balloons with a message of love on them are placed on Dec. 4, 2016, near the scene of a horrendous warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event late Friday night, Dec. 2. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206441\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206441 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker clears charred debris following a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206433\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206433 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers clear debris following a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206429 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters survey the scene following a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11204954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11204954 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"An unidentified woman places flowers near a warehouse after it was destroyed by a fire, Dec. 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. .Up to 40 people were feared dead in a huge fire that tore through a rave party in a warehouse in Oakland, near San Francisco, as the authorities warned of a prolonged search and recovery effort. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An unidentified woman places flowers near a warehouse destroyed by a deadly fire that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Nick Otto/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203305 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters and police at the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters and police on Dec. 3, 2016, at the scene of a devastating overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203697 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters on Dec. 3, 2016, work on the scene following a devastating overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203700 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\" Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman becomes emotional while speaking on the phone on Dec. 3, 2016, near the scene of a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203701 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work on the scene on Dec. 3, 2016, following a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Story: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/03/at-least-nine-people-dead-in-large-fire-at-oakland-party/\">Officials Prepare for 'Mass Casualty' Event Following Oakland Warehouse Party Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203702 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three people on Dec. 3, 2016, survey the scene of a devastating overnight fire at a warehouse in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203835 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut.jpg\" alt=\" Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance \" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut.jpg 683w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-375x562.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters investigate the scene of a devastating overnight fire that broke out in a warehouse in Oakland late on Dec. 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203830 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters on Dec. 3, 2016, work to clear the debris from a doorway following a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203703 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers are placed on a post outside a police line on Dec. 3, 2016, following a devastating overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203699\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203699 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23043_GettyImages-627451654-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23043_GettyImages-627451654-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23043_GettyImages-627451654-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23043_GettyImages-627451654-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23043_GettyImages-627451654-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23043_GettyImages-627451654-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23043_GettyImages-627451654-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, 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Ray Kelly speaks at a press conference on Dec. 3, 2016, following a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated Monday, 1 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fire swept overnight Friday through a warehouse in Oakland where a dance party was underway, killing at least 36 people, authorities say. The death toll is expected to rise as authorities make their way through the wreckage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some photos of the recovery efforts, as well as of a memorial at the scene:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206434\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206434 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23064_GettyImages-627684326-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lidia Marquez prays on Dec. 4, 2016, near the site of a devastating warehouse fire in Oakland. The fire took place during a musical event late Friday night. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206435\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206435 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23065_GettyImages-627684330-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A single rose hangs on a fence near the site of a deadly warehouse fire Dec. 2 at an artists' collective in Oakland. The fire took place during a musical event late Friday night. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206431\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206431 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23058_GettyImages-627450624-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather on Dec. 3, 2016, near an Oakland warehouse after it was destroyed by a devastating fire the night before. \u003ccite>(Nick Otto/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206442 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23072_GettyImages-627709806-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman becomes emotional while viewing cleanup efforts on Dec. 4, 2016, at the site of a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event the night before. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206444\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206444 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23074_GettyImages-627709868-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men embrace near the site of a devastating Dec. 2 warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206443 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23073_GettyImages-627709816-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial is set up near the site of a massive and deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event on Friday night, Dec. 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206440\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206440 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23070_GettyImages-627709726-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two people embrace following a small ceremony near the site of a devastating warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2 during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206439 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23069_GettyImages-627709722-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial is seen near the site of a devastating Dec. 2, 2016, warehouse fire in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206436 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23066_GettyImages-627692284-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balloons with a message of love on them are placed on Dec. 4, 2016, near the scene of a horrendous warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out during a musical event late Friday night, Dec. 2. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206441\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206441 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23071_GettyImages-627709748-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker clears charred debris following a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206433\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206433 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23063_GettyImages-627695788-qut-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers clear debris following a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11206429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11206429 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens Feared Dead In Oakland Warehouse Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23054_GettyImages-627450002-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters survey the scene following a deadly warehouse fire in Oakland that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11204954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11204954 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"An unidentified woman places flowers near a warehouse after it was destroyed by a fire, Dec. 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. .Up to 40 people were feared dead in a huge fire that tore through a rave party in a warehouse in Oakland, near San Francisco, as the authorities warned of a prolonged search and recovery effort. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23062_GettyImages-627451200.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An unidentified woman places flowers near a warehouse destroyed by a deadly fire that broke out late on Dec. 2, 2016, during a musical event. \u003ccite>(Nick Otto/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203305 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GettyImages-627388250-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters and police at the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters and police on Dec. 3, 2016, at the scene of a devastating overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203697 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23041_GettyImages-627450152-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, 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src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\" Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23044_GettyImages-627451662-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman becomes emotional while speaking on the phone on Dec. 3, 2016, near the scene of a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203701 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23045_GettyImages-627451772-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work on the scene on Dec. 3, 2016, following a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Story: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/03/at-least-nine-people-dead-in-large-fire-at-oakland-party/\">Officials Prepare for 'Mass Casualty' Event Following Oakland Warehouse Party Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203702 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23046_GettyImages-627451790-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three people on Dec. 3, 2016, survey the scene of a devastating overnight fire at a warehouse in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203835 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut.jpg\" alt=\" Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance \" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut.jpg 683w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-375x562.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23049_GettyImages-627387082-qut-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters investigate the scene of a devastating overnight fire that broke out in a warehouse in Oakland late on Dec. 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg 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https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23048_GettyImages-627450192-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters on Dec. 3, 2016, work to clear the debris from a doorway following a deadly overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11203703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11203703 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse Fire Kills Several People At Dance Party In Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23047_GettyImages-627451798-qut-160x107.jpg 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"content": "\u003cp>Shelley Mack, a onetime tenant of the converted warehouse dubbed the \"Ghost Ship,\" found the rental in an ad on Facebook. She paid about $700 a month in rent, along with a security deposit of the same amount and a contribution of about $700 to a fund meant to go toward improvements. She said none were ever made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was often freezing cold in the building. Water and power were sometimes stolen from neighbors, who would get angry and shut them off. Once a generator blew up and residents quickly doused the flames, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mack said she didn't know the ramshackle dwelling was illegal until after she moved in. She was instructed to tell visitors it was a 24-hour workspace for artists, and when inspectors or other outsiders came to visit, she and other residents scurried to hide clothes, bedding and other evidence anyone was living there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QTqaPzMjZEUPVgKoNAM7M4qPttI3tpeA\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a good example of people taking advantage of people because they had no other options,\" said Mack, a 58-year-old tech sales worker and jewelry maker who lived there for four or five months about two years ago. \"People make businesses off scamming people online when they're looking for a place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials say at least 30 people perished when a fire ripped through the cluttered space during a dance party Friday night, and the death toll is expected to rise. It was crammed with rugs, old sofas and a garage-sale-like collection of pianos, paintings, turntables, statues and other items that quickly fed the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All kinds of electrical cords running through there illegally. Massive extension cords. Heavy musical equipment,\" Mack said. \"That place was just a death trap. I didn't think it was going to last this long before it went up or somebody shut it down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One doorway was blocked, she said, because it led to the property of a neighbor who'd been in a dispute with the operators, whom she and other former tenants and friends identified as 46-year-old Derick Ion and his 40-year-old wife, Micah Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They lure you in with all these promises about what they're going to do with your deposit and your rent,\" she said. \"They don't do any of it, they just party with it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public records show Ion's full name is Derick Ion Almena and that he has lived in California since at least 1990, mostly in Los Angeles, before moving to Oakland in 2006. Allison spent much of her life in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Satya Yuga Collective, one of two groups affiliated with the space, advertised it as a location for anyone with an open mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Seeking all shamanic rattlesnake sexy jungle jazz hobo gunslingers looking for a space to house gear, use studio, develop next level Shaolin discipline after driving your taxi cab late at night, build fusion earth home bomb bunker spelunker shelters, and plant herbaceous colonies in the sun & air,\" its Facebook page advertised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Almena nor Allison answered telephone calls placed to numbers associated with them, and they did not respond to email messages from The Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danielle Boudreaux said she became fast friends with the couple when they met eight years ago before a falling out about a year ago over conditions at the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Access to the second floor -- where there was a room for concerts and a home for the couple and their children -- was a rickety homemade staircase, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Calling it a staircase gives you the idea that it was a set of stairs. It was not,\" Boudreaux said. \"It was random pieces of wood put together to create something that you could get up to the top floor on. But it was not what most people would consider a staircase. It was like a jimmy-rigged makeshift staircase. As soon as you stepped on it, it wobbled all over the place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudreaux said the couple was constantly trying to keep enough tenants to cover the warehouse rent, renting out recreational vehicles that were parked on the first floor as well as other living spaces, and charging for the parties that were held there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alastair Boone, a 22-year-old UC Berkeley student who went to the party Friday night with five friends, described what she called a stunning scene that included a larger-than-life wood carving of a Thai god or goddess, when she walked in around 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was obvious to me everyone who lives there cared about each other and were invested in a space they made a home,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudreaux said she had a falling out with Almena after telling Allison's parents and sister a year ago that the warehouse was a dangerous place for the couple's three children to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I had told her parents explicitly that the warehouse conditions were not safe,\" Boudreaux said. \"Half the time they didn't even have running water, let alone heated water. They were using little electric heaters. There was cat (feces) everywhere. Piles and piles of random driftwood that had nails sticking out of it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said Almena continually moved pieces of wood around the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Two weeks later it could be a completely different configuration,\" she said. \"Even people who knew the building would have a hard time getting out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Tim Reiterman, Olga Rodriguez and Juliet Williams in San Francisco contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials say at least 30 people perished when a fire ripped through the cluttered space during a dance party Friday night, and the death toll is expected to rise. It was crammed with rugs, old sofas and a garage-sale-like collection of pianos, paintings, turntables, statues and other items that quickly fed the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All kinds of electrical cords running through there illegally. Massive extension cords. Heavy musical equipment,\" Mack said. \"That place was just a death trap. I didn't think it was going to last this long before it went up or somebody shut it down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One doorway was blocked, she said, because it led to the property of a neighbor who'd been in a dispute with the operators, whom she and other former tenants and friends identified as 46-year-old Derick Ion and his 40-year-old wife, Micah Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They lure you in with all these promises about what they're going to do with your deposit and your rent,\" she said. \"They don't do any of it, they just party with it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public records show Ion's full name is Derick Ion Almena and that he has lived in California since at least 1990, mostly in Los Angeles, before moving to Oakland in 2006. Allison spent much of her life in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Satya Yuga Collective, one of two groups affiliated with the space, advertised it as a location for anyone with an open mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Seeking all shamanic rattlesnake sexy jungle jazz hobo gunslingers looking for a space to house gear, use studio, develop next level Shaolin discipline after driving your taxi cab late at night, build fusion earth home bomb bunker spelunker shelters, and plant herbaceous colonies in the sun & air,\" its Facebook page advertised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Almena nor Allison answered telephone calls placed to numbers associated with them, and they did not respond to email messages from The Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danielle Boudreaux said she became fast friends with the couple when they met eight years ago before a falling out about a year ago over conditions at the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Access to the second floor -- where there was a room for concerts and a home for the couple and their children -- was a rickety homemade staircase, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Calling it a staircase gives you the idea that it was a set of stairs. It was not,\" Boudreaux said. \"It was random pieces of wood put together to create something that you could get up to the top floor on. But it was not what most people would consider a staircase. It was like a jimmy-rigged makeshift staircase. As soon as you stepped on it, it wobbled all over the place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudreaux said the couple was constantly trying to keep enough tenants to cover the warehouse rent, renting out recreational vehicles that were parked on the first floor as well as other living spaces, and charging for the parties that were held there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alastair Boone, a 22-year-old UC Berkeley student who went to the party Friday night with five friends, described what she called a stunning scene that included a larger-than-life wood carving of a Thai god or goddess, when she walked in around 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was obvious to me everyone who lives there cared about each other and were invested in a space they made a home,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudreaux said she had a falling out with Almena after telling Allison's parents and sister a year ago that the warehouse was a dangerous place for the couple's three children to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I had told her parents explicitly that the warehouse conditions were not safe,\" Boudreaux said. \"Half the time they didn't even have running water, let alone heated water. They were using little electric heaters. There was cat (feces) everywhere. Piles and piles of random driftwood that had nails sticking out of it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said Almena continually moved pieces of wood around the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Two weeks later it could be a completely different configuration,\" she said. \"Even people who knew the building would have a hard time getting out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Tim Reiterman, Olga Rodriguez and Juliet Williams in San Francisco contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last month, a parade drew over 80,000 people to the Sacramento Valley. People in colorful clothing and turbans sprinkled water on the street and swept the concrete, cleansing the route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were celebrating a holiday of the Sikh faith: the 500-year-old religion from India’s Punjab region. This gathering in Yuba City is the largest gathering of its kind in the United States, because Sikhs have lived in this farming community for over a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first float in the Guru Gadee festival carried the religious text at the heart of this holiday. Worshipers walked along side, singing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People came from far and wide — Vancouver, the U.K., Dallas, New Jersey — and flooded these small streets. They looked up to the helicopters dropping rose petals on the crowd, and talked to the men from various Sikh motorcycle clubs, showing off their Harleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many walked between floats, offering food and drink to passers by. Happy Singh — from Manteca, California — and his family prepared tea they handed out for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade started and ended at the \u003ca href=\"http://yubacitysikhtemple.com/\">Tierra Buena gurdwara\u003c/a>, or Sikh house of worship, a gleaming blue and white structure that appeared to be rising out of the orchards surrounding it. People waited in long lines for food: I had a spinach and cabbage curry served by family members of a Sacramento-based produce trucking company, and sweet jalebis: fried dough covered in syrup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11202028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11202028\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"The Tierra Buena gurdwara, or Sikh house of worship, in Yuba City.\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-1020x641.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-1180x741.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-960x603.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-240x151.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-375x236.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tierra Buena gurdwara, or Sikh house of worship, in Yuba City. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tea and the multiple tents serving food are part of the tradition of langar, the Sikh communal kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever we gather there’s free food,” said community elder Mohinder Singh Ghag. “Any time any person comes to our temple, we try to accommodate him with a night’s sleep and free food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghag took me on a tour of the temple grounds: booths displayed books about Sikh bedtime stories, Punjabi TV and Radio stations, demonstrations of turban-tying, and lots of civic organizations. Jaskarn Singh was here sharing the work of SEVA Selfless Service, which feeds hundreds of homeless people in Sacramento and other cities every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the biggest gathering where our community is in one spot, just feeling very spiritual and one,” he said. “This is our Christmas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11202030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11202030\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-800x610.jpg\" alt=\"Mohinder Ghag (third from left) and his family in the mid-1960s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-800x610.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-1020x778.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-1180x900.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-960x733.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-240x183.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-375x286.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-520x397.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohinder Ghag (third from left) and his family in the mid-1960s. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Amerjit Ghag)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sheer number of people here was pretty astounding, especially given that, in the early 1960s when Mohinder Singh Ghag first arrived, only a few Punjabi families lived in the area. To worship, his family traveled to a gurdwara over 90 miles away in Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghag moved here, like other Sikhs, for farming. At 86, he’s still farms on his property in Live Oak, just outside Yuba City. In late October, he oversaw the kiwi harvest. Workers on a small crew plucked the fuzzy fruit from what look like oversized grape vines, tossed them into bags slung around their necks, then dumped them into bins on a tractor idling between rows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of his life here, Ghag grew peaches, and right there on the side of the field he started reciting a poem he wrote called “I’m A Peach Farmer” (Mohinder Ghag’s a bit of a poet with a number of books published in Punjabi).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1900s, the impacts of famine and British colonialism forced thousands of Punjabis out of their homeland. Many found their way to the Sacramento Valley, with a familiar climate and location at the nexus of many rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This area is very close to the Punjab,” Ghag said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11202036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11202036\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-800x477.jpg\" alt=\"At 86, Mohinder Singh Ghag still farms kiwis in Live Oak, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-800x477.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-1020x608.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-1180x704.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-960x573.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-240x143.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-375x224.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-520x310.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 86, Mohinder Singh Ghag still farms kiwis in Live Oak, California. \u003ccite>(Meradith Hoddinott/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Within years, though, Indians and other Asians were barred from owning land, because of so-called Alien Land Laws. By 1917, Congress passed a law barring immigration from many Asian countries, including India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1950s, Mohinder Ghag’s sister married into one of those early-immigrant families, and 10 years later sponsored Ghag to come. He remembers being one of a few men in the area wearing a turban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It helped me a whole lot, the turban,” he said. I did a double-take when he said this. After Sept. 11, 2001, and more recently after the shootings in San Bernardino, hate crimes against Sikhs ballooned. Some attackers mistook Sikhs for Muslims. Others simply targeted Sikhs for being different. But, Ghag says, his turban has opened doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It helped me a whole lot because I’m a source of attraction wherever I go,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”CJnbtEdlcFYlDZrAt1Jqf7dWeljvb7JV”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I approached Ghag every way I could with questions about isolation and discrimination, but he insisted: “In this community I haven’t felt that someone discriminated [against] me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghag dove into civic life here, starting a Punjabi writers group, serving on the hospital board and the Peach Advisory Board, even being a California delegate for the Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in a society and society’s got an investment in you, if you don’t turn it back the society will go bankrupt,” Ghag said. “So it’s our duty to serve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecting with neighbors is a big reason the Sikh community started the public Guru Gadee celebration 37 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s more recognition that we are a community living here,” Ghag said, “and since then it’s bigger and bigger every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it’s an opportunity for Sikhs to celebrate their own holiday and bring others in, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiafoodways.com/\">California Foodways\u003c/a> is supported, in part, by \u003ca href=\"http://www.calhum.org/\">California Humanities\u003c/a>. Meradith Hoddinott did additional reporting for this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade started and ended at the \u003ca href=\"http://yubacitysikhtemple.com/\">Tierra Buena gurdwara\u003c/a>, or Sikh house of worship, a gleaming blue and white structure that appeared to be rising out of the orchards surrounding it. People waited in long lines for food: I had a spinach and cabbage curry served by family members of a Sacramento-based produce trucking company, and sweet jalebis: fried dough covered in syrup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11202028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11202028\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"The Tierra Buena gurdwara, or Sikh house of worship, in Yuba City.\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-1020x641.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-1180x741.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-960x603.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-240x151.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-375x236.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/SikhTemple-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tierra Buena gurdwara, or Sikh house of worship, in Yuba City. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tea and the multiple tents serving food are part of the tradition of langar, the Sikh communal kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever we gather there’s free food,” said community elder Mohinder Singh Ghag. “Any time any person comes to our temple, we try to accommodate him with a night’s sleep and free food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghag took me on a tour of the temple grounds: booths displayed books about Sikh bedtime stories, Punjabi TV and Radio stations, demonstrations of turban-tying, and lots of civic organizations. Jaskarn Singh was here sharing the work of SEVA Selfless Service, which feeds hundreds of homeless people in Sacramento and other cities every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the biggest gathering where our community is in one spot, just feeling very spiritual and one,” he said. “This is our Christmas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11202030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11202030\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-800x610.jpg\" alt=\"Mohinder Ghag (third from left) and his family in the mid-1960s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-800x610.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-1020x778.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-1180x900.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-960x733.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-240x183.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-375x286.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Ghag60s-520x397.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohinder Ghag (third from left) and his family in the mid-1960s. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Amerjit Ghag)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sheer number of people here was pretty astounding, especially given that, in the early 1960s when Mohinder Singh Ghag first arrived, only a few Punjabi families lived in the area. To worship, his family traveled to a gurdwara over 90 miles away in Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghag moved here, like other Sikhs, for farming. At 86, he’s still farms on his property in Live Oak, just outside Yuba City. In late October, he oversaw the kiwi harvest. Workers on a small crew plucked the fuzzy fruit from what look like oversized grape vines, tossed them into bags slung around their necks, then dumped them into bins on a tractor idling between rows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of his life here, Ghag grew peaches, and right there on the side of the field he started reciting a poem he wrote called “I’m A Peach Farmer” (Mohinder Ghag’s a bit of a poet with a number of books published in Punjabi).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1900s, the impacts of famine and British colonialism forced thousands of Punjabis out of their homeland. Many found their way to the Sacramento Valley, with a familiar climate and location at the nexus of many rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This area is very close to the Punjab,” Ghag said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11202036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11202036\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-800x477.jpg\" alt=\"At 86, Mohinder Singh Ghag still farms kiwis in Live Oak, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-800x477.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-1020x608.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-1180x704.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-960x573.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-240x143.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-375x224.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/GhagKiwis-520x310.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 86, Mohinder Singh Ghag still farms kiwis in Live Oak, California. \u003ccite>(Meradith Hoddinott/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Within years, though, Indians and other Asians were barred from owning land, because of so-called Alien Land Laws. By 1917, Congress passed a law barring immigration from many Asian countries, including India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1950s, Mohinder Ghag’s sister married into one of those early-immigrant families, and 10 years later sponsored Ghag to come. He remembers being one of a few men in the area wearing a turban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It helped me a whole lot, the turban,” he said. I did a double-take when he said this. After Sept. 11, 2001, and more recently after the shootings in San Bernardino, hate crimes against Sikhs ballooned. Some attackers mistook Sikhs for Muslims. Others simply targeted Sikhs for being different. But, Ghag says, his turban has opened doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It helped me a whole lot because I’m a source of attraction wherever I go,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I approached Ghag every way I could with questions about isolation and discrimination, but he insisted: “In this community I haven’t felt that someone discriminated [against] me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghag dove into civic life here, starting a Punjabi writers group, serving on the hospital board and the Peach Advisory Board, even being a California delegate for the Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in a society and society’s got an investment in you, if you don’t turn it back the society will go bankrupt,” Ghag said. “So it’s our duty to serve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecting with neighbors is a big reason the Sikh community started the public Guru Gadee celebration 37 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s more recognition that we are a community living here,” Ghag said, “and since then it’s bigger and bigger every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it’s an opportunity for Sikhs to celebrate their own holiday and bring others in, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiafoodways.com/\">California Foodways\u003c/a> is supported, in part, by \u003ca href=\"http://www.calhum.org/\">California Humanities\u003c/a>. Meradith Hoddinott did additional reporting for this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published in November 2016 as part of The California Report Magazine's \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hidden-gems\">Hidden Gems\u003c/a>\" series. It re-aired on July 3rd, 2020 for a special show called \"Buckle Up: A (Virtual) Road Trip to CA Hidden Gems.\" Note: The indoor rink is closed due to shelter-in-place orders, but the Church of 8 Wheels is holding outdoor skating events — including a socially distanced disco party in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, every Friday night.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Albert climbs a dusty church tower, lifts his arms above his head and grabs hold of a rope that comes from a hole in the ceiling. As he pulls it, the church bell on the other end chimes and resonates across this central San Francisco neighborhood. It’s 7 o’clock on a Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then the music begins. But instead of hearing hymns, I hear disco. That’s because I’m at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.churchof8wheels.com/\">Church of 8 Wheels\u003c/a>. It’s a roller disco in a 120-year-old former Catholic church, just blocks from San Francisco’s famous Painted Lady rowhouses at Alamo Square. Albert is the operations manager, but he doubles as a rollerblading sensation. If you’ve been to this church, on Fillmore at Fell, you’ll know him as the guy with metallic reflective wings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272358511\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the expansive space, old pews are pushed against the walls and lights reflect off a disco ball and onto the ceiling murals. David G. Miles Jr., known as the “Godfather of Skate,” proselytizes. “I am your roller disco minister,” he says. “I mean, it’s the Church of 8 Wheels, and as the godfather it’s my responsibility to spread rolligion everywhere I go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11002592\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11002592\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19942_IMG_5722-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A typical night at the Church of 8 Wheels.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19942_IMG_5722-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19942_IMG_5722-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19942_IMG_5722-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19942_IMG_5722-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19942_IMG_5722-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical night at the Church of 8 Wheels. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's right. \u003cem>Roll\u003c/em>igion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Church of 8 Wheels is Miles’ brainchild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He moved to San Francisco in 1979. “I started skating in Golden Gate Park on my third or fourth day in San Francisco,” he says. “When I went out there I saw four people go by on roller skates and I was like, ‘Wow! They do that here?! I can do that.’ I went and got a pair of skates.” [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He met his wife in the park, and later their kids learned to skate just after they learned to walk. Miles organized skate groups on top of the Embarcadero Freeway after the earthquake of 1989, and he even skated from San Francisco to Los Angeles — 14 times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not that ambitious, but I figured I could at least skate for one night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miles’ daughter retrieves my skates while on her own wheels. I stow my bag at the coat check that Miles’ niece runs. Sometimes Miles’ son will DJ the bumping music that ties the experience together. It’s a real family operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting in a pew, I lace up my skates. I want to look something like Miles in his fuzzy purple leg warmers and sparkly red-and-black top hat, so I put on the next best thing: a cupcake costume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11002598\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11002598\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19932_IMG_5672-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt='David G. Miles, Jr. created the Church of 8 Wheels. In addition to skating, the \"Godfather of Skate\" sometimes mans the DJ booth.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19932_IMG_5672-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19932_IMG_5672-qut-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19932_IMG_5672-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19932_IMG_5672-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS19932_IMG_5672-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David G. Miles, Jr. created the Church of 8 Wheels. In addition to skating, the \"Godfather of Skate\" sometimes mans the DJ booth. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Whether you waddle or sail around the rink, there’s something incredible about the giant stained-glass windows and disco lights. Beyond the funky-meets-virtuous vibe, the history of this building is rich. The former Sacred Heart Church closed in 2004, due to low attendance and a need for costly seismic repairs. But during the century it was open, the church saw a demographic that changed with the neighborhood around it. Notably, it once housed a Black Panther breakfast program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonight, though, it’s about funky town and raspberry berets. Miles, who takes turns DJing and skating, spots some first-time rollers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what I call the 45-second skate lesson,” he says, helping out a pair in their 30s. After doling out his standard instructions, he encourages them: “One lap. That’s all you need. When you come back around here you’ll be going, ‘Hey, it’s pretty cool.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miles skates back over to me and smiles. “It never gets worse,” he says. “It only gets better. I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published in July 2016. It re-aired on Nov. 25, 2016 as part of The California Report Magazine's \"Hidden Gems\" series.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1923 was the heyday for silent movies, and audiences were thrilled when \u003ca href=\"http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/48461%7C28676/Cecil-B-De-Mille/\">Cecil B. DeMille\u003c/a>’s blockbuster, \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/\">\"The Ten Commandments,\"\u003c/a> was released. And though it was filmed nearly a century ago, its relics still capture people’s imaginations on the Central Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11006819\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11006819 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20047_IMG_6875-2-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Remains of Cecil B. DeMille’s legendary lost city are scattered across the Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes. Credit: Diane Bock\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20047_IMG_6875-2-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20047_IMG_6875-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20047_IMG_6875-2-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20047_IMG_6875-2-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20047_IMG_6875-2-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Remains of Cecil B. DeMille’s legendary lost city are scattered across the Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes. Diane Bock/KQED \u003ccite>(Diane Bock/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To get there, drive west on Highway 166, past the bright green fields of broccoli and kale. Sand drifts across the road, and then suddenly, you’re surrounded by vast expanses of the shimmering \u003ca href=\"https://www.fws.gov/refuge/guadalupe-nipomo_dunes/\">Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh my gosh, I see it up there! That’s it!” exclaims beach walker Jill Effling. She points to rubble scattered at the top of the dunes. “That’s amazing!” She smiles. “That’s the lost city of Cecil B. DeMille.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272173719\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those chunks of wood and plaster that Effling points to are remnants of the once-epic set of \"The Ten Commandments.\" Best described as ancient Egypt meets art deco, giant sphinxes and massive statues of Ramses the Great stood guard over a hieroglyph-studded temple more than 10 stories tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11006823\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 243px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11006823\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20045_Commandments-1923-qut-400x598.jpg\" alt=\"1923 Movie poster advertises DeMille’s 1923 silent epic that was filmed at the Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes. Credit: Paramount Pictures\" width=\"243\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20045_Commandments-1923-qut-400x598.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20045_Commandments-1923-qut.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">1923 Movie poster advertises DeMille’s 1923 silent epic that was filmed at the Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes. Credit: Paramount Pictures \u003ccite>(Paramount Pictures)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marjorie Lane-Mangogna is a docent at the Dunes Center, in the nearby city of \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.guadalupe.ca.us/\">Guadalupe\u003c/a>. The center takes pride in preserving local cultural history while protecting the dunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you lived in an ag town and suddenly a movie set came to town and you got to be part of it?” she says “Oh my gosh, you’d be in seventh heaven, you really would.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the town ended up on the studio’s payroll, wrangling horses and working as extras. Once filming wrapped, DeMille wanted to prevent rival studios from poaching his set. He ordered some parts demolished -- the rest was buried in the sand. It remained a secret, known only to locals, for 60 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early '80s, the site was rediscovered by film buffs, and later partially unearthed. Today you can see restored artifacts, like the head of the giant sphinx, at the Dunes Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11006820\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 312px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11006820\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/RS20048_IMG_7037-2-qut-e1467398137211-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"A sphinx artifact on display at The Dunes Center in Guadalupe. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s Note:\u003c/strong> This story contains images and language that some readers may find disturbing.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Zuckerberg — one of the most insightful, adept leaders in the business world — has a problem. It’s a problem he has been slow to acknowledge, even though it has become more apparent by the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several current and former Facebook employees tell NPR there is a lot of internal turmoil about how the platform does and doesn’t censor content that users find offensive. And outside Facebook, the public is regularly confounded by the company’s decisions — around controversial posts and around fake news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Did \u003ca href=\"http://www.snopes.com/pope-francis-donald-trump-endorsement/\">Pope Francis really endorse\u003c/a> Donald Trump? Does Hillary Clinton really have a \u003ca href=\"http://eaglerising.com/36880/a-hillary-clinton-administration-may-be-entirely-run-by-a-figurehead/\">body double\u003c/a>?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind whatever the controversy of the moment happens to be, there’s a deep-seated problem. The problem is this: At age 19, the then-boy genius started a social network that was basically a tech-savvy way to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia\">check out classmates\u003c/a> in school. Then, over the course of 12 years, he made some very strategic decisions that have morphed Facebook into the most powerful distributor on Earth — the new front page of the news for \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/\">more than 1 billion\u003c/a> people every day. But Zuckerberg didn’t sign up to head a media company — as in, one that has to make editorial judgments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/495827410/502402451\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and his team have made a very complex set of contradictory rules — a bias toward restricted speech for regular users, and toward free speech for “news” (real or fake). And the company relies on a sprawling army of subcontractors to enforce the rules. People involved in trying to make it work say they’re in way over their heads. As one employee put it, “We started out of a college dorm. I mean, c’mon, we’re Facebook. We never wanted to deal with this s***.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Subcontractors running the show\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR got the official version of how the company censors and leaves up content this summer when Facebook’s head of policy, Monika Bickert, agreed to a phone interview. We spoke with 10 current and former employees total, on the record and on background, for this investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to remember this sometimes, but Facebook has never claimed to be a free-speech platform. The company is trying to create a safe space where, unlike on Twitter, people can share without being trolled or shamed. Bickert is in charge of setting the content policies. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards\">Community Standards\u003c/a>, which are posted online, are the rules for everyday users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She explained that when a user reports a piece of content that might be offensive, the company exercises its power to censor with precision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”rW0OoouzHwixJ3pMYhx8Zi9oUCslrao5″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Context is so important. It’s critical when we are looking to determine whether or not something is hate speech, or a credible threat of violence,” she said. “We look at how a specific person shared a specific post or word or photo to Facebook. So we’re looking to see why did this particular share happen on Facebook? Why did this particular post happen?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, three of Bickert’s former colleagues tell a very different story of how Facebook deals with controversial content. They and others declined to be named for fear of job repercussions (at Facebook or at their current employers, also internet companies), but their descriptions are consistent with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a user flags a post on Facebook — whether it’s a picture, video or text post — it goes to a little-known division called the “community operations team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘You have to use judgment, in a system that doesn’t give you the time to make a real judgment.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In 2010, the sources say, the team had a couple hundred workers in five countries. Facebook found it needed more hands on deck. After trying crowdsourcing solutions like CrowdFlower, the company turned to the consulting firm Accenture to put together a dedicated team of subcontractors. Sources say the team is now several thousand people, with some of the largest offices in Manila, the Philippines, and Warsaw, Poland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current and former employees of Facebook say that they’ve observed these subcontractors in action; that they are told to go fast — very fast; that they’re evaluated on speed; and that on average, a worker makes a decision about a piece of flagged content once every 10 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s do a back-of-the-envelope calculation. Say a worker is doing an eight-hour shift, at the rate of one post per 10 seconds. That means they’re clearing 2,880 posts a day per person. When NPR ran these numbers by current and former employees, they said that sounds reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Facebook spokesperson says response times vary widely, depending on what is being reported; that the vast majority of flagged content is not removed; and that the numbers are off. Facebook did not provide alternative numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”GHUFwakLngKMdaqXezKhADivYvtrrydc”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the sources — who have firsthand knowledge and spoke separately with NPR — are correct, then this may be the biggest editing — aka censorship — operation in the history of media. All the while, Facebook leaders insist they’re just running a “platform,” free of human judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A person who worked on this area of “content management” for Facebook (as an employee, not a subcontractor) says most of the content you see falls neatly into categories that don’t need deep reflection: “That’s an erect penis. Check.” So it’s not like the workers are analyzing every single one in detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is that simple and complex items all go into the same big pile. So, the source says, “you go on autopilot” and don’t realize when “you have to use judgment, in a system that doesn’t give you the time to make a real judgment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A classic case is something like “Becky looks pregnant.” It could be cyberbullying or a compliment. The subcontractor “pretty much tosses a coin,” the source says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s another huge barrier. Because of privacy laws and technical glitches (such as a post that is truncated to show only part of the conversation), the subcontractors typically don’t get to see the full context — to which Bickert referred so often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Frequent errors\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could be the cause of frequent errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR decided to stress-test the system by flagging nearly 200 posts that could be considered hate speech — specifically, attacks against blacks and against whites in the U.S. We found that Facebook subcontractors were not consistent and made numerous mistakes, including in instances where a user calls for violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We say they were mistakes because the company changed its position in dozens of instances, removing some and restoring others — either when we flagged it a second time through the automated system or brought it to the attention of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider this post:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178624\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-800x949.jpg\" alt=\"A comment on this post (indicated by the light gray text) was flagged by NPR. Facebook's subcontractors did not remove the comment, but after being pressed further, a spokesperson said they made a mistake and it should have been removed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-240x285.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-375x445.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-520x617.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A comment on this post (indicated by the light gray text) was flagged by NPR. Facebook’s subcontractors did not remove the comment, but after being pressed further, a spokesperson said they made a mistake and it should have been removed. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One user shares a video of a police officer kicking someone on the ground, and another says they “need to start organizing and sniping these bitches.” This is a call to shoot cops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s occurring in a very specific context: days after \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/07/485066807/police-stop-ends-in-black-mans-death-aftermath-is-livestreamed-online-video\">Philando Castile\u003c/a> was shot and killed by an officer (the shooting’s aftermath was live-streamed on Facebook); and in a city in Minnesota that’s just a few miles away from where Castile lay bleeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subcontractors did not remove the post. When NPR emailed Facebook headquarters about it, a spokesperson said they made a mistake and the post should have been removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One source tells NPR that the subcontractor “likely” could not see the full post if just the comment was flagged, could not see the profile of the user or even view the video to which the user was responding — again for privacy or technical reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Different projects within Facebook have to compete fiercely for engineering talent, and have to make the case that their to-do list is worth expensive company resources. Two sources say that over the years, it’s been hard to make that case for fixing the editing system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178627\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-800x574.jpg\" alt=\"Of posts that NPR flagged, this one, with the hashtag #blacklivesdontmatter, was left up erroneously, according to Facebook officials.\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-800x574.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-375x269.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-520x373.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800.jpg 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Of posts that NPR flagged, this one, with the hashtag #blacklivesdontmatter, was left up erroneously, according to Facebook officials. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>NPR shared many posts with the company to get specific feedback on why something stayed up or was taken down. This post, with the hashtag #blacklivesdontmatter, was left up. The spokesperson says it should have been removed, but the reviewer’s perspective is not the same as a regular Facebook user; and because the company is protecting privacy, reviewers don’t have access to everything, which \u003cem>can\u003c/em> affect their judgments. Also, the spokesperson says, reviewers don’t have the time a person at Facebook headquarters or at NPR may have to make a decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another spokesperson notes that just because the reviewer has a limited view does not mean Bickert’s description is incorrect — that the two versions of the process are not mutually exclusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A restrictive platform\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR also finds, interestingly, that Facebook can be strict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think of it this way. Every media outlet has its own culture and voice. If \u003cem>The New York Times \u003c/em>is urban liberal, Fox News is conservative, and Playboy is racy, you could say Facebook aspires to be nice — a global brand that’s as easy to swallow as Coca-Cola. (In this provocative \u003ca href=\"http://shorensteincenter.org/jeffrey-rosen-future-of-free-speech-in-a-digital-world/\">talk at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center\u003c/a>, law professor and author Jeffrey Rosen says Facebook favors “civility” over “liberty.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bias is evident in these real-life examples:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178629\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-800x428.jpg\" alt=\"One example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-800x428.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-160x86.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-240x128.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-375x201.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-520x278.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-280x150.jpg 280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178632\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-800x301.jpg\" alt=\"A second example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-160x60.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-240x90.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-375x141.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-520x196.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A second example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>NPR asked two newsroom veterans to put themselves in the position of a Facebook content arbiter. We don’t have access to Facebook’s internal guidance on hate speech, so they had to rely on their own judgment and familiarity with Facebook as users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynette Clemetson, formerly with NPR and now at the University of Michigan, says of Post 1, “now that’s just dumb.” Post 2, she says, sounds like a “rant.” Chip Mahaney, a former managing editor at a Fox television station, agrees. Both experts venture to guess that the posts are acceptable speech on the platform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To their surprise, they’re not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When NPR flagged the posts, Facebook censors decided to take them down. The spokesperson explains to NPR: It’s OK to use racial slurs when being self-referential. A black person can say things like “my niggers.” But no one can use a slur to attack an individual or group. That’s prohibited. A white person cannot use the word “nigger” to mock or attack blacks. Blacks can’t use “crakkker” (in whatever spelling) to offend whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wiggle room in pictures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are so many caveats and exceptions — particularly when it comes to interpreting images and videos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider this post:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178634\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-800x413.jpg\" alt=\"This image showing a noose, which was flagged by NPR, was not removed. A Facebook spokesperson explains that if the image included a person, a specific victim of a hate crime, then it would be removed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-800x413.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-160x83.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-960x496.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-240x124.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-375x194.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-520x269.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image showing a noose, which was flagged by NPR, was not removed. A Facebook spokesperson explains that if the image included a person, a specific victim of a hate crime, then it would be removed. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is a noose, the kind used to hang slaves. Beside it is a sign. While the letters are faded, you can make out the words: “Nigger swing set.” It was shared by a user named “White Lives Matter 2.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news veterans would take it down. Clemetson says it’s not quite a call to violent action, but it’s certainly a reference to past action. “It’s a reference to lynching — and making a joke of lynching.” Mahaney says this is “obviously a pretty difficult picture to look at” and his instinct is, unless there’s a deeper context, “I would say it has no place on here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook left it up, and stands by that decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson explains this historical reference doesn’t have a human victim clearly depicted. If the image included a person, a specific subject of a hate crime, then it would be removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson also made a claim that has not panned out: that in some situations, like this one, Facebook requires the user who created the page to add their real name to the “about” section. By removing anonymity, the hope is, people will be more thoughtful about what they post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson says “White Lives Matter 2” was told to identify him or herself promptly. Yet more than a month after NPR flagged the post, it hadn’t happened — yet another way Facebook’s enforcement mechanism is broken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>With news, a double standard emerges\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the user rules weren’t nuanced enough, add to that a new plot line: CEO Zuckerberg decided to forge partnerships with news media to make his social network the most powerful distributor of news on Earth. (Facebook pays NPR and other news organizations to produce live videos for its site.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Facebook has found in the process is that it’s much harder to censor high-profile newsmakers than it is to censor regular users. As one source says, “Whoever screams the loudest gets our attention. We react.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s making newsworthy content a whole other category.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider the scandals around “Napalm Girl” and Donald Trump. In the first, Facebook was slammed for not allowing users to share \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/09/493267919/after-facebook-censors-iconic-photo-norwegian-newspaper-pushes-back\">a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo\u003c/a> because it showed child nudity. In the second, Facebook came under criticism for allowing Donald Trump \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-employees-wanted-to-block-donald-trump-report-2016-10\">to call for a ban on Muslims\u003c/a> coming to the U.S. — what is clearly hate speech under their regular rules, according to two former employees and a current one. One source said, “He hadn’t even won the Republican primary yet. What we decided mattered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, the company caved to public pressure and decided to bend the rules. The source says both decisions were “highly controversial” among employees; and they signal that Facebook leadership is feeling pressure to move toward a free-speech standard for news distribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How to define news is a huge source of controversy — not just with the elections, but with every charged moment. After Trump won, some critics blamed fake news on Facebook for the election’s outcome. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/11/501743684/zuckerberg-denies-fake-news-on-facebook-had-impact-on-the-election\">Zuckerberg dismisses that idea\u003c/a>). After Philando Castile was shot by police, his video disappeared from Facebook. The company says it was “a glitch” and restored it. And the concern over its removal is part of an \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2016/08/05/facebook-video-police/\">ongoing debate\u003c/a> about what police-civilian standoffs should be live-streamed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some in Silicon Valley dismiss the criticisms against Facebook as schadenfreude: Just like taxi drivers don’t like Uber, legacy media envies the success of the social platform and enjoys seeing its leadership on the hot seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former employee is not so dismissive and says there is a cultural problem, a stubborn blindness at Facebook and other leading internet companies like Twitter. The source says: “The hardest problems these companies face aren’t technological. They are ethical, and there’s not as much rigor in how it’s done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a values level, some experts point out, Facebook has to decide if its solution is free speech (the more people post, the more the truth rises), or clear restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And technically, there’s no shortage of ideas about how to fix the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former employee says speech is so complex, you can’t expect Facebook to arrive at the same decision each and every time; but you can expect a company that consistently ranks among the 10 most valuable on Earth, by market cap, to put more thought and resources into its censorship machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The source argues Facebook could afford to make content management regional — have decisions come from the same country in which a post occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speech norms are highly regional. When Facebook first opened its offices in Hyderabad, India, a former employee says, the guidance the reviewers got was to remove sexual content. In a test run, they ended up removing French kissing. Senior management was blown away. The Indian reviewers were doing something Facebook did not expect but which makes perfect sense for local norms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvard business professor Ben Edelman says Facebook could invest engineering resources into categorizing the posts. “It makes no sense at all,” he says, that when a piece of content is flagged, it goes into one long line. The company could have the algorithm track what flagged content is getting the most circulation and move that up in the queue, he suggests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zuckerberg finds himself at the helm of a company that started as a tech company — run by algorithms, free of human judgment, the mythology went. And now he’s just so clearly the CEO of a media company — replete with highly complex rules (What is hate speech anyway?); with double standards (If it’s “news” it stays, if it’s a rant it goes); and with an enforcement mechanism that is set up to fail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gabriela Mejias and Justina Vasquez contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Facebook did not provide alternative numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the sources — who have firsthand knowledge and spoke separately with NPR — are correct, then this may be the biggest editing — aka censorship — operation in the history of media. All the while, Facebook leaders insist they’re just running a “platform,” free of human judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A person who worked on this area of “content management” for Facebook (as an employee, not a subcontractor) says most of the content you see falls neatly into categories that don’t need deep reflection: “That’s an erect penis. Check.” So it’s not like the workers are analyzing every single one in detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is that simple and complex items all go into the same big pile. So, the source says, “you go on autopilot” and don’t realize when “you have to use judgment, in a system that doesn’t give you the time to make a real judgment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A classic case is something like “Becky looks pregnant.” It could be cyberbullying or a compliment. The subcontractor “pretty much tosses a coin,” the source says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s another huge barrier. Because of privacy laws and technical glitches (such as a post that is truncated to show only part of the conversation), the subcontractors typically don’t get to see the full context — to which Bickert referred so often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Frequent errors\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could be the cause of frequent errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR decided to stress-test the system by flagging nearly 200 posts that could be considered hate speech — specifically, attacks against blacks and against whites in the U.S. We found that Facebook subcontractors were not consistent and made numerous mistakes, including in instances where a user calls for violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We say they were mistakes because the company changed its position in dozens of instances, removing some and restoring others — either when we flagged it a second time through the automated system or brought it to the attention of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider this post:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178624\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-800x949.jpg\" alt=\"A comment on this post (indicated by the light gray text) was flagged by NPR. Facebook's subcontractors did not remove the comment, but after being pressed further, a spokesperson said they made a mistake and it should have been removed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-240x285.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-375x445.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/FBNPR800-520x617.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A comment on this post (indicated by the light gray text) was flagged by NPR. Facebook’s subcontractors did not remove the comment, but after being pressed further, a spokesperson said they made a mistake and it should have been removed. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One user shares a video of a police officer kicking someone on the ground, and another says they “need to start organizing and sniping these bitches.” This is a call to shoot cops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s occurring in a very specific context: days after \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/07/485066807/police-stop-ends-in-black-mans-death-aftermath-is-livestreamed-online-video\">Philando Castile\u003c/a> was shot and killed by an officer (the shooting’s aftermath was live-streamed on Facebook); and in a city in Minnesota that’s just a few miles away from where Castile lay bleeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subcontractors did not remove the post. When NPR emailed Facebook headquarters about it, a spokesperson said they made a mistake and the post should have been removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One source tells NPR that the subcontractor “likely” could not see the full post if just the comment was flagged, could not see the profile of the user or even view the video to which the user was responding — again for privacy or technical reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Different projects within Facebook have to compete fiercely for engineering talent, and have to make the case that their to-do list is worth expensive company resources. Two sources say that over the years, it’s been hard to make that case for fixing the editing system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178627\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-800x574.jpg\" alt=\"Of posts that NPR flagged, this one, with the hashtag #blacklivesdontmatter, was left up erroneously, according to Facebook officials.\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-800x574.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-375x269.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800-520x373.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/WLM800.jpg 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Of posts that NPR flagged, this one, with the hashtag #blacklivesdontmatter, was left up erroneously, according to Facebook officials. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>NPR shared many posts with the company to get specific feedback on why something stayed up or was taken down. This post, with the hashtag #blacklivesdontmatter, was left up. The spokesperson says it should have been removed, but the reviewer’s perspective is not the same as a regular Facebook user; and because the company is protecting privacy, reviewers don’t have access to everything, which \u003cem>can\u003c/em> affect their judgments. Also, the spokesperson says, reviewers don’t have the time a person at Facebook headquarters or at NPR may have to make a decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another spokesperson notes that just because the reviewer has a limited view does not mean Bickert’s description is incorrect — that the two versions of the process are not mutually exclusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A restrictive platform\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR also finds, interestingly, that Facebook can be strict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think of it this way. Every media outlet has its own culture and voice. If \u003cem>The New York Times \u003c/em>is urban liberal, Fox News is conservative, and Playboy is racy, you could say Facebook aspires to be nice — a global brand that’s as easy to swallow as Coca-Cola. (In this provocative \u003ca href=\"http://shorensteincenter.org/jeffrey-rosen-future-of-free-speech-in-a-digital-world/\">talk at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center\u003c/a>, law professor and author Jeffrey Rosen says Facebook favors “civility” over “liberty.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bias is evident in these real-life examples:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178629\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-800x428.jpg\" alt=\"One example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-800x428.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-160x86.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-240x128.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-375x201.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-520x278.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85-280x150.jpg 280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/smack-cheese-edit_custom-ba74c37ee123fac3f669f0406811bf1976130be4-s1600-c85.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178632\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-800x301.jpg\" alt=\"A second example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-160x60.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-240x90.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-375x141.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/SadisticCap-520x196.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A second example of a Facebook post that was flagged where racial slurs were used. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>NPR asked two newsroom veterans to put themselves in the position of a Facebook content arbiter. We don’t have access to Facebook’s internal guidance on hate speech, so they had to rely on their own judgment and familiarity with Facebook as users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynette Clemetson, formerly with NPR and now at the University of Michigan, says of Post 1, “now that’s just dumb.” Post 2, she says, sounds like a “rant.” Chip Mahaney, a former managing editor at a Fox television station, agrees. Both experts venture to guess that the posts are acceptable speech on the platform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To their surprise, they’re not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When NPR flagged the posts, Facebook censors decided to take them down. The spokesperson explains to NPR: It’s OK to use racial slurs when being self-referential. A black person can say things like “my niggers.” But no one can use a slur to attack an individual or group. That’s prohibited. A white person cannot use the word “nigger” to mock or attack blacks. Blacks can’t use “crakkker” (in whatever spelling) to offend whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wiggle room in pictures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are so many caveats and exceptions — particularly when it comes to interpreting images and videos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider this post:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178634\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-800x413.jpg\" alt=\"This image showing a noose, which was flagged by NPR, was not removed. A Facebook spokesperson explains that if the image included a person, a specific victim of a hate crime, then it would be removed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-800x413.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-160x83.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-960x496.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-240x124.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-375x194.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85-520x269.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/swing-set-edit-final_custom-607fe4060240382150d79dfee8f71c7067a2438c-s1600-c85.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image showing a noose, which was flagged by NPR, was not removed. A Facebook spokesperson explains that if the image included a person, a specific victim of a hate crime, then it would be removed. \u003ccite>(Facebook/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is a noose, the kind used to hang slaves. Beside it is a sign. While the letters are faded, you can make out the words: “Nigger swing set.” It was shared by a user named “White Lives Matter 2.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news veterans would take it down. Clemetson says it’s not quite a call to violent action, but it’s certainly a reference to past action. “It’s a reference to lynching — and making a joke of lynching.” Mahaney says this is “obviously a pretty difficult picture to look at” and his instinct is, unless there’s a deeper context, “I would say it has no place on here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook left it up, and stands by that decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson explains this historical reference doesn’t have a human victim clearly depicted. If the image included a person, a specific subject of a hate crime, then it would be removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson also made a claim that has not panned out: that in some situations, like this one, Facebook requires the user who created the page to add their real name to the “about” section. By removing anonymity, the hope is, people will be more thoughtful about what they post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson says “White Lives Matter 2” was told to identify him or herself promptly. Yet more than a month after NPR flagged the post, it hadn’t happened — yet another way Facebook’s enforcement mechanism is broken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>With news, a double standard emerges\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the user rules weren’t nuanced enough, add to that a new plot line: CEO Zuckerberg decided to forge partnerships with news media to make his social network the most powerful distributor of news on Earth. (Facebook pays NPR and other news organizations to produce live videos for its site.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Facebook has found in the process is that it’s much harder to censor high-profile newsmakers than it is to censor regular users. As one source says, “Whoever screams the loudest gets our attention. We react.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s making newsworthy content a whole other category.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider the scandals around “Napalm Girl” and Donald Trump. In the first, Facebook was slammed for not allowing users to share \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/09/493267919/after-facebook-censors-iconic-photo-norwegian-newspaper-pushes-back\">a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo\u003c/a> because it showed child nudity. In the second, Facebook came under criticism for allowing Donald Trump \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-employees-wanted-to-block-donald-trump-report-2016-10\">to call for a ban on Muslims\u003c/a> coming to the U.S. — what is clearly hate speech under their regular rules, according to two former employees and a current one. One source said, “He hadn’t even won the Republican primary yet. What we decided mattered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, the company caved to public pressure and decided to bend the rules. The source says both decisions were “highly controversial” among employees; and they signal that Facebook leadership is feeling pressure to move toward a free-speech standard for news distribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How to define news is a huge source of controversy — not just with the elections, but with every charged moment. After Trump won, some critics blamed fake news on Facebook for the election’s outcome. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/11/501743684/zuckerberg-denies-fake-news-on-facebook-had-impact-on-the-election\">Zuckerberg dismisses that idea\u003c/a>). After Philando Castile was shot by police, his video disappeared from Facebook. The company says it was “a glitch” and restored it. And the concern over its removal is part of an \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2016/08/05/facebook-video-police/\">ongoing debate\u003c/a> about what police-civilian standoffs should be live-streamed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some in Silicon Valley dismiss the criticisms against Facebook as schadenfreude: Just like taxi drivers don’t like Uber, legacy media envies the success of the social platform and enjoys seeing its leadership on the hot seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former employee is not so dismissive and says there is a cultural problem, a stubborn blindness at Facebook and other leading internet companies like Twitter. The source says: “The hardest problems these companies face aren’t technological. They are ethical, and there’s not as much rigor in how it’s done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a values level, some experts point out, Facebook has to decide if its solution is free speech (the more people post, the more the truth rises), or clear restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And technically, there’s no shortage of ideas about how to fix the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former employee says speech is so complex, you can’t expect Facebook to arrive at the same decision each and every time; but you can expect a company that consistently ranks among the 10 most valuable on Earth, by market cap, to put more thought and resources into its censorship machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The source argues Facebook could afford to make content management regional — have decisions come from the same country in which a post occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speech norms are highly regional. When Facebook first opened its offices in Hyderabad, India, a former employee says, the guidance the reviewers got was to remove sexual content. In a test run, they ended up removing French kissing. Senior management was blown away. The Indian reviewers were doing something Facebook did not expect but which makes perfect sense for local norms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvard business professor Ben Edelman says Facebook could invest engineering resources into categorizing the posts. “It makes no sense at all,” he says, that when a piece of content is flagged, it goes into one long line. The company could have the algorithm track what flagged content is getting the most circulation and move that up in the queue, he suggests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zuckerberg finds himself at the helm of a company that started as a tech company — run by algorithms, free of human judgment, the mythology went. And now he’s just so clearly the CEO of a media company — replete with highly complex rules (What is hate speech anyway?); with double standards (If it’s “news” it stays, if it’s a rant it goes); and with an enforcement mechanism that is set up to fail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gabriela Mejias and Justina Vasquez contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Long associated with the Bay Area, the word ‘hella’ has gained widespread use. But how was the word born? Ventura Albor asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How is it that “hella” became synonymous with the Bay?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ventura’s question was inspired by his college days at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178097\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178097\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a 'Hella Kitty' shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a ‘Hella Kitty’ shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“L.A. folks would [home] in on it right away and be like, ‘Oh you’re from the Bay Area?’ ” he says. “I never really thought of it, I just thought everyone said hella.” \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hella: A Linguistic Boundary\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents and Californians believe that hella — and its G-rated equivalent “hecka” — are Bay Area slang. The words, which mean “very” or “a lot of,” can be used multiple ways. You can say “I’m hella stoked” or “There were hella people at that party last night,” or even, “I was doing it for hella days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Bucholtz, a linguist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, conducted a study in which people indicated their perceptions of how people talk in certain areas of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>A Guide to Bay Area Slang\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hella\u003c/strong> – very, really, extremely; many, a lot; in an extraordinary or impressive manner.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“That jacket’s hella dope!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hyphy\u003c/strong> – hyper, excited\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“I’m from the Bay where we hyphy and go dumb. From the soil where them rappers be getting their lingo from.” – E-40\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Off the chain\u003c/strong> – super fun, exciting, great\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“This party tonight’s gonna be off the chain!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Fa sheezy/fo shizzle\u003c/strong> – for sure\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Saturday is off the heezy fo’sheezy.” – Jermaine Dupri\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Janky\u003c/strong> – poor quality, inferior, weird\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Ugh, this umbrella is hella janky.”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Baller\u003c/strong> (n)/\u003cstrong>ballin’\u003c/strong> (v) – a ball player, or someone who’s winning “the game” (of life).\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Wanna be a baller, shot caller, 20-inch blades on the impala” – Lil’ Troy\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Hella was the most frequently cited word, and 78.4 percent of the people who mentioned it in the study said it was Northern California slang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For Southern Californians in particular, hella represents a crucial shibboleth separating the two major regions of the state,” says Bucholtz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Southern California transplant Bree DeRobbio, now living in San Jose. She remembers the first time she heard someone say hella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My reaction was ‘Oh my God, they really do say it.’ And I was amazed at all the different applications the word has,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Dictionary Says WHAT?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are at least two origin stories for hella: One places it in Toronto (yes, Canada) and the other in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on Oakland later, but first — Toronto? I mean, really?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hella made its first appearance in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002, and the dictionary says the word was first used in a 1987 article in the Toronto Star:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The horse went hella whoopin’ down the trail, trailing 50 feet or more of the best Berkley Trilene Monofilament line.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Sidenote: That part about the best Berkley Trilene Monofilament line refers to a type of fishing line — no relation to Berkeley, Calif.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, hella is identified as Northern American slang that was probably shortened from “helluva” or “hellacious.” But English-language historian Michael Adams says hella’s grammatical usage doesn’t quite align with what the Oxford English Dictionary says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really skeptical of that etymology that hella comes from helluva because we don’t use hella grammatically in the same way that we would use helluva,” Adams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Adams means is you can’t get “hella cute” from “helluva cute,” or say, “My dad’s a hella cook,” even though you could say, “My dad’s a helluva cook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also has an explanation for why hella didn’t come from hellacious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10649553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10649553\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Someone turned Fell Street in San Francisco into Hella Street. (kyle rw/Flickr)\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-1440x958.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Someone turned Fell Street in San Francisco into Hella Street. (kyle rw/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The suffix from hellacious is ‘—acious,’ like tenacious, and if you’re going to break a word, you’re usually going to break a word where there’s a boundary between its parts,” Adams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to this theory, the natural break for hellacious would make it “hell-aysh,” not hella.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>From Oakland Teens to the Rest of the World\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley linguist Geoff Nunberg traces hella back a few more years, to Oakland, from two early citations in a 1987 \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=k-NIAQAAMAAJ&q=Second+Class+Finish:+The+Effects+of+Rituals+and+Routines+of+a+Working-class+High+School,+Volume+2&dq=Second+Class+Finish:+The+Effects+of+Rituals+and+Routines+of+a+Working-class+High+School,+Volume+2&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMI6OGT39u2xwIVUFaICh3jbQDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissertation\u003c/a> of a Berkeley student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10650083\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10650083 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1440x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Some in Oakland have embraced the word. Mayor Libby Schaaf often used it while campaigning, saying 'I hella love Oakland' and 'It is hella time for leadership in Oakland.'\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some in Oakland have embraced the word. Mayor Libby Schaaf often used it while campaigning, saying ‘I hella love Oakland’ and ‘It is hella time for leadership in Oakland.’ \u003ccite>(cplbasilisk/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Hella emerged somewhere in Northern California around the late 1970s, and although it spread to other places, it’s still associated with this region,” says Nunberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, slang spreads from black English to white English and not in the other direction, which is why Nunberg says he suspects it started in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phrases like “cool” and “tell it like it is” are good examples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ‘Cool’ was adopted by white hipsters and beatniks in the early ‘50s before spreading to teen slang. ‘Tell it like it is’ was used by black writers in the early ’60s and quickly became part of general white English,” he says.[aside tag='bay-curious' label='Looking for More Bay Curious?']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lines up with what multimedia producer Sean Kennedy, an Oakland native, recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He remembers saying hella with the kids on his Pop Warner football team and at King Estates Junior High School in the late ’70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Very rarely in the African-American or black community do we pick up other people’s language and use them,” he says. “It’s usually the language we create and other people use them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that time, hip-hop and street culture gained widespread popularity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was used in a manner of explaining, ‘That looked hella good— that looked good’—something that was clean, or somebody acting crazy, ‘You’re hella crazy,’ ” Kennedy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area Punks Debate Hella Vs. Hell Of\u003c/h3>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>“Hell of Dumb” by the Mr. T. Experience\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"369\" height=\"277\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-R_TW_ZqHw4\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In early years, Bay Area youth debated whether the slang word was hella or actually “hell of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Berkeley, the debate could get quite heated, says punk rocker Frank Portman. In 1997, he wrote a song called “Hell of Dumb,” poking fun at the issue with his band the Mr. T. Experience. He thinks the hella vs. hell of debate goes back to 1983.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was always very clear that it was hell of. It was not hella and if anyone ever said hella, which sometimes people did, they would always correct you with the attitude of a school marm correcting your grammar,” Portman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hella Now\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since those early days, widespread use of hell of, hellacious and helluva has dwindled — leaving hella to stand alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>Cartman uses hella in South Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7pohEb7DUac\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Hella got a national audience in the South Park episode “Spookyfish,” from the second season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cartman taunts Stan and Kyle by singing, “You guys are hella stupid, you guys are hella lame, you guys are hella dumb hella, hella, hella.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word may be one of Northern California’s most notorious cultural exports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re welcome, world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got a question you want to see the Bay Curious team take on? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit it!\u003c/a> Be sure to subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipi2mc5aqfen4nr2daayiziiyuy\">Google Play\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\">NPR One\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Long associated with the Bay Area, the word ‘hella’ has gained widespread use. But how was the word born? Ventura Albor asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How is it that “hella” became synonymous with the Bay?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ventura’s question was inspired by his college days at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178097\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178097\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a 'Hella Kitty' shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a ‘Hella Kitty’ shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“L.A. folks would [home] in on it right away and be like, ‘Oh you’re from the Bay Area?’ ” he says. “I never really thought of it, I just thought everyone said hella.” \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hella: A Linguistic Boundary\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents and Californians believe that hella — and its G-rated equivalent “hecka” — are Bay Area slang. The words, which mean “very” or “a lot of,” can be used multiple ways. You can say “I’m hella stoked” or “There were hella people at that party last night,” or even, “I was doing it for hella days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Bucholtz, a linguist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, conducted a study in which people indicated their perceptions of how people talk in certain areas of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>A Guide to Bay Area Slang\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hella\u003c/strong> – very, really, extremely; many, a lot; in an extraordinary or impressive manner.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“That jacket’s hella dope!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hyphy\u003c/strong> – hyper, excited\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“I’m from the Bay where we hyphy and go dumb. From the soil where them rappers be getting their lingo from.” – E-40\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Off the chain\u003c/strong> – super fun, exciting, great\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“This party tonight’s gonna be off the chain!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Fa sheezy/fo shizzle\u003c/strong> – for sure\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Saturday is off the heezy fo’sheezy.” – Jermaine Dupri\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Janky\u003c/strong> – poor quality, inferior, weird\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Ugh, this umbrella is hella janky.”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Baller\u003c/strong> (n)/\u003cstrong>ballin’\u003c/strong> (v) – a ball player, or someone who’s winning “the game” (of life).\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Wanna be a baller, shot caller, 20-inch blades on the impala” – Lil’ Troy\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Hella was the most frequently cited word, and 78.4 percent of the people who mentioned it in the study said it was Northern California slang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For Southern Californians in particular, hella represents a crucial shibboleth separating the two major regions of the state,” says Bucholtz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Southern California transplant Bree DeRobbio, now living in San Jose. She remembers the first time she heard someone say hella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My reaction was ‘Oh my God, they really do say it.’ And I was amazed at all the different applications the word has,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Dictionary Says WHAT?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are at least two origin stories for hella: One places it in Toronto (yes, Canada) and the other in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on Oakland later, but first — Toronto? 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Mayor Libby Schaaf often used it while campaigning, saying 'I hella love Oakland' and 'It is hella time for leadership in Oakland.'\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some in Oakland have embraced the word. 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