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He also said testimony showed there was no evidence of Molotov cocktails being used the night of the fire, as Serra has conjectured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also disputed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11753779/ghost-ship-trial-defense-calls-key-witness-to-support-arson-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony from Sharon Evans\u003c/a>, who said she saw the fire between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Witness testimony puts the fire's ignition after 11 p.m. Official accounts put it closer to 11:20 p.m. James also said Evans' testimony about driving around the warehouse 20 times as it burned, noticing no fire engines or people outside, wasn't reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ms. Evans' story was not believable,\" James said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also argued against statements made by Almena's defense attorney Serra, in which Serra called the whole prosecution a \"scam,\" and said Almena was a scapegoat for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only conspiracy in this case was by the occupants [to lie about occupancy],\" James said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Colleen Dolan, mother of Ghost Ship fire victim Chelsea Faith Dolan\"]'Our lost family members brought us together, because they loved and they respected each other and they were together for a reason. ... 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The prosecution on Monday also said Almena had violated the terms of the lease almost immediately by allowing people to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebuttal from the prosecution is expected Wednesday morning. The jury will begin deliberations afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read about closing arguments for each defendant below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Closing Arguments on Behalf of Derick Almena\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Serra, who represents Almena, argued Tuesday that arson was the cause of the blaze that killed 35 concert-goers and one tenant the night of an electronic music party on Dec. 2, 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"ghost-ship-trial\" label=\"More Ghost Ship Trial Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed back to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11753779/ghost-ship-trial-defense-calls-key-witness-to-support-arson-claim\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testimony from Sharon Evans\u003c/a> who said she overheard a group of men in dark clothing boasting about the fire and how quickly it had spread. He also pointed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11759655/witness-says-he-heard-breaking-bottles-argument-on-night-of-deadly-ghost-ship-blaze\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to testimony from former tenant Darold Leite\u003c/a>, who testified he heard an argument, bottles breaking and seven to eight men who left in a hurry. Serra also brought up other testimony by individuals who say they heard an argument the night of the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra also argued that Oakland fire personnel had perjured themselves during testimony. That included Maria Sabatini, an Oakland fire investigator who said she had not entered the Ghost Ship following an alleged arson fire outside the warehouse on Sept. 26, 2014. The testimony contradicts that of five others who said that Sabatini had entered the warehouse to inspect it then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fire department has misled, misstated in some instances, in some instance lied and perjured themselves,” Serra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would they perjure themselves?” Serra asked. He said it was because they knew people were living in the warehouse and it was their duty to red tag it if they found something wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they admit they did nothing, Oakland would be liable,” Serra said. He called it a “conspiracy to protect Oakland,” and he said Almena was on the stand to create a scapegoat so civil liability could be deflected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra argued that personnel from the Oakland Fire and Police departments, as well as from Child Protective Services, had been through the Ghost Ship dozens of times and never cited it. That gave Almena the impression that he was doing nothing wrong, Serra argued, adding that since officials gave the impression that nothing was wrong he could not have been acting in a reckless manner or with any disregard for life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra also conceded there were violations to the fire code, but those did not amount to criminal negligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said also reiterated that a number of former tenants testified they felt the building was safe and that it wasn’t a “death trap” or “tinderbox.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra admitted his client had lied to police on a number of occasions about people living in the warehouse, but Serra argued that it was at the instruction of the landlords. He said landlord Eva Ng was responsible for obtaining permits for changes to the premises, and that’s why she instructed him to lie – to protect her and her brother Kai Ng’s interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra ended his closing arguments by putting up a large photo of Almena, his wife Micah Allison and their three children. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do you think he (Almena) would risk his children?” Serra asked. Was he reckless and indifferent? Absolutely not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Closing Arguments on Behalf of Max Harris\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorney Curtis Briggs, who represents Max Harris, wrapped up his closing arguments Tuesday, arguing there is enough reasonable doubt to find his client not guilty in the deadly 2016 Oakland warehouse fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11763874/ghost-ship-victims-had-no-notice-and-no-exits-prosecutors-repeat-in-closing-arguments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded its closing arguments Monday\u003c/a>, arguing the defendants were criminally negligent in violating nine different fire codes, including not installing safety measures like sprinklers and fire alarms and holding unpermitted events like the one on Dec 2. The prosecution on Monday also said Almena had violated the terms of the lease almost immediately by allowing people to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Briggs pointed to the courtroom where the trial has been taking place since its preliminary rounds began in early April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no fire sprinklers inside (the warehouse). There are no fire extinguishers in here. Convict Max anyway,” Briggs told the jury. “There are no illuminated exit signs in this courtroom. There was one in the warehouse. Convict Max anyway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that some of the fire codes that the prosecution argued were broken were actually the responsibility of the owners to implement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs argued Harris did not live in the Ghost Ship when the lease was signed, or when Almena began allowing people to live there. He also said Harris wasn’t there when a side fire door was installed or a set of stairs toward the front of the warehouse was built, both without the required permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs laid out a list of people, saying they weren’t being convicted, including landlords Kai and Eva Ng, Ben Cannon, who did electrical work at the warehouse, and Jon Hrabko, who Briggs said organized the Dec. 2 event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They did not ask you to convict Kai or Eva Ng,” Briggs said, addressing the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They asked you to convict Max,” Briggs repeated after each person listed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed to a number of fire and police officials who had been to the warehouse a number of times and had never flagged the building as a hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that Harris had no managerial role in the warehouse and noted the testimony of at least seven individuals who said as much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Max cleaned toilets, swept floors, did the dishes. Convict him,” Briggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11744136/defense-in-ghost-ship-trial-asserts-evidence-will-show-arson-as-cause-of-deadly-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has argued\u003c/a> that the cause of the blaze, which was never determined by fire investigators, was an act of arson, and that the defendants could not have done anything to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs returned to the arson theory Tuesday, saying that at least seven witnesses had testified to its possibility, including: a woman who testified she heard nine to 14 men boasting about the fire getting out of hand quickly, a former tenant who heard an argument and bottles breaking before the fire began, and testimony from a couple of others who also said they heard an argument the night of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs reminded the jury of their instructions, which say that if previous testimony regarding arson raises a reasonable doubt as to the defendants’ guilt, then they must find the defendants not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs asked why no fire investigator, including staff from the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives, had asked about any suspicious people the night of the fire. He also asked why fire investigators hadn’t swabbed the scene after the fire for accelerants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t you think you deserve that before you check the box ‘guilty?’ ” Briggs asked the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were so sure they had the cause … electrical,” Briggs said. “They didn’t test anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the trial, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11751300/ghost-ship-trial-defense-cross-examines-fire-investigator-in-attempt-to-show-arson-possibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agent Barbara Maxwell testified\u003c/a> that investigators didn’t test debris for the presence of accelerants because they already expected to find flammable substances such as gasoline in the recreational vehicles parked inside the warehouse and used as studios, and paint thinner belonging to artist tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Briggs also said at least seven witnesses testified they considered the Ghost Ship safe. But he did return to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11745555/ghost-ship-trial-witness-testifies-about-explosive-spread-of-deadly-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony of Rodney Griffin\u003c/a>, a former friend of Almena’s who called the warehouse a “death trap.” Briggs argued those statements were made before Harris began living at the Ghost Ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish someone would have told Max there was a problem, because he would have done something about it,” Briggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed back to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11753779/ghost-ship-trial-defense-calls-key-witness-to-support-arson-claim\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testimony from Sharon Evans\u003c/a> who said she overheard a group of men in dark clothing boasting about the fire and how quickly it had spread. He also pointed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11759655/witness-says-he-heard-breaking-bottles-argument-on-night-of-deadly-ghost-ship-blaze\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to testimony from former tenant Darold Leite\u003c/a>, who testified he heard an argument, bottles breaking and seven to eight men who left in a hurry. Serra also brought up other testimony by individuals who say they heard an argument the night of the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra also argued that Oakland fire personnel had perjured themselves during testimony. 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He said landlord Eva Ng was responsible for obtaining permits for changes to the premises, and that’s why she instructed him to lie – to protect her and her brother Kai Ng’s interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra ended his closing arguments by putting up a large photo of Almena, his wife Micah Allison and their three children. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do you think he (Almena) would risk his children?” Serra asked. Was he reckless and indifferent? 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The prosecution on Monday also said Almena had violated the terms of the lease almost immediately by allowing people to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Briggs pointed to the courtroom where the trial has been taking place since its preliminary rounds began in early April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no fire sprinklers inside (the warehouse). There are no fire extinguishers in here. Convict Max anyway,” Briggs told the jury. “There are no illuminated exit signs in this courtroom. There was one in the warehouse. Convict Max anyway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that some of the fire codes that the prosecution argued were broken were actually the responsibility of the owners to implement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs argued Harris did not live in the Ghost Ship when the lease was signed, or when Almena began allowing people to live there. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During closing arguments Monday in the trial of two men charged with 36 counts apiece of involuntary manslaughter in the 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland, the prosecution reiterated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11743815/prosecutor-says-ghost-ship-victims-had-no-notice-no-time-and-no-exits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what was said in their opening statements\u003c/a>: that the victims had no notice, no time and no ability to exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Autrey James spoke of the people going to an electronic music party on the night of Dec. 2, 2016, and what they probably would have been thinking about when the event was over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"ghost-ship-trial\" label=\"More Ghost Ship Trial Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're going back to loved ones, our families, our jobs,” he said. “For 36 people, that didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James then slowly read aloud the names of the 36 victims who died that night, including 35 concertgoers and one tenant, as friends and relatives wept.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution has argued that master tenant Derick Almena and Max Harris, who has been described as creative director or second-in-command at the warehouse, illegally converted it into an unsafe living space without any consideration for safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense has argued the fire was started as an act of arson, and there would have been nothing that Almena or Harris could have done to prevent that. They also have argued that agencies, including personnel from Oakland's police and fire departments, had passed through the building dozens of times and had never flagged it, red-tagged it or issued eviction notices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said the defendants' acts “amount to a disregard for human life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve proven to you they were criminally negligent,” James said to the jury following nearly three months of testimony. He added the defendants had been criminally negligent from the time the lease was signed in November 2013 until the night of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that the defendants violated nine elements of the fire code, including not procuring required fire safety permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Was the failure to get permits criminally negligent?” James asked. “Absolutely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said the defendants did not install the required fire sprinklers or alarms. He argued that when Almena began allowing people to live in the warehouse, he had to install proper safety measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The City of Oakland will tell you, “You must, must put in fire sprinklers,’ \" James said, referring to when people began living in the warehouse after the lease was signed in November 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed to testimony by Cesar Avila, a former assistant fire marshal with the City of Oakland, who said sprinklers were 95% effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These laws were created because events like the one on Dec. 2 had happened before,” James said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also noted other violations of the fire code, including storing recreational vehicles within the premises and not getting the proper operational permits required for events like the one on the night of Dec. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Chris Allen, brother of Ghost Ship fire victim Amanda Kershaw\"]'[Prosecutor Autrey James] talked about the disregard for human life, and indifference, which is such a cutting word in this case, because that's the case. And so many pieces of this is that indifference to life.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James described the building as not being designed to hold tenants or assemblies. He said the second floor, where the concert was being held, was the worst possible place for people to be during a fire. He said that with an unsealed floor, smoke came up through it and that the victims were “suspended in smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier testimony by forensic pathologists indicated that all the victims died of smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James pointed out there were no lit exit signs on the second floor and that a bottleneck was formed at the top of a narrow set of stairs at the front of the warehouse as people attempted to flee the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also pointed to the high fire loads presented under testimony by firefighters, including wood, tapestries, pianos delineating walkways and other materials “right up to the ceiling” surrounding RVs, creating an extreme hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James mentioned the lease that Almena, former tenant Nico Bouchard and landlord Eva Ng signed on Nov. 10, 2013 — and the violations of it. 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Almena testified earlier that he had asked Eva Ng to get the required permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also said Almena didn't take recommendations to get permits for the set of stairs at the front of the warehouse and the side fire door, ignoring cost estimates and saying he could install those better and cheaper. James called Almena a \"narcissist\" who only wanted to do things his way and said Harris was \"no innocent bystander.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James argued that Harris acted on behalf of Almena, collecting rent, issuing eviction notices and organizing events. He reiterated Harris' use of titles like executive director and creative director in emails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris testified that those titles and roles didn't actually exist. Almena also testified those titles didn't exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James wrapped up his arguments with a retelling of the night of the night of the fire, including playing frantic 911 calls and reading the last texts of eventual victims to loved ones, which brought many in the packed court room to tears. He read Nicole Siegrist's text she had written to her mother Carol Cidlik, who was in the court room: \"I’m gonna die now.” Cidlik was also the first person to testify in the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curtis Briggs, who represents Harris, said outside of court that some of James’ closing arguments supported his client’s innocence. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James described the building as not being designed to hold tenants or assemblies. He said the second floor, where the concert was being held, was the worst possible place for people to be during a fire. He said that with an unsealed floor, smoke came up through it and that the victims were “suspended in smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier testimony by forensic pathologists indicated that all the victims died of smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James pointed out there were no lit exit signs on the second floor and that a bottleneck was formed at the top of a narrow set of stairs at the front of the warehouse as people attempted to flee the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also pointed to the high fire loads presented under testimony by firefighters, including wood, tapestries, pianos delineating walkways and other materials “right up to the ceiling” surrounding RVs, creating an extreme hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James mentioned the lease that Almena, former tenant Nico Bouchard and landlord Eva Ng signed on Nov. 10, 2013 — and the violations of it. James pointed to the purpose of leasing the building, which was to “design theatrical sets” and for community outreach, and that it was not to be used in any other way without the consent of the landlord, according to the lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said that Bouchard testified that within days of signing the lease, people were moving in. Bouchard \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11745338/lease-co-signer-mother-of-fire-victim-first-to-testify-in-ghost-ship-trial\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testified\u003c/a> he tried to get out of the lease after seeing modifications to the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was obvious to him (Bouchard) it was a hazardous situation,” James said. He argued that Bouchard “understood the building was as-is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11760296\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-800x463.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena during his first day of testimony in the criminal trial in which he faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11760296\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-800x463.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-1020x590.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-1200x694.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena during his first day of testimony in the criminal trial in which he faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. \u003ccite>(Vicki Behringer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almena \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11760153/ghost-ship-trial-defendant-testifies-he-believed-dwellings-could-be-built-in-warehouse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testified earlier\u003c/a> that he had both a verbal and email agreement with Eva Ng that people would live in the Ghost Ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James argued Almena knew he had to get permits for alterations to the building, because Eva Ng had told him to. 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"content": "\u003cp>Prosecutors began calling rebuttal witnesses on Monday in the trial of two men who are each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, stemming from the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 35 concert-goers and one tenant in Oakland in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense rested on Thursday. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson said closing arguments are expected to begin on July 29 and to last three to four days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='ghost-ship-trial' label='More Ghost Ship Trial Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Casey Bates called Whitney Hameth, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, to ask about interviews she conducted with Darold Leite, a former tenant of the Ghost Ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11759655/witness-says-he-heard-breaking-bottles-argument-on-night-of-deadly-ghost-ship-blaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified on July 8\u003c/a> that he had heard bottles breaking and an argument near the time the Dec. 2, 2016, fire broke out, and that he had seen seven to eight men leaving in a hurry through the side exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hameth said Monday that Leite did not tell her anything regarding those events. Hameth testified she, along with other agents, had interviewed Leite on Dec. 3, 2016, and Dec. 5, 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorney Curtis Briggs, who represents Max Harris, asked Hameth if she had specifically questioned Leite about hearing an argument or bottles breaking, to which she answered no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense has argued that arson was the cause of the deadly blaze, possibly involving Molotov cocktails. Prosecutors argue that master tenant Derick Almena and Max Harris, who has been referred to as creative director or second-in-command, illegally converted the warehouse into an unsafe living space crammed full of flammable materials without proper safety measures like sprinklers, fire alarms or well-lit exits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Autrey James called Oakland police Officer Michael Erickson to the stand and asked him about responding to a potential arson fire on Sept. 26, 2014, outside the warehouse. Erickson said Almena had passed him a business card from Oakland Fire Department investigator Maria Sabatini on the morning of that fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabatini \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11748993/ghost-ship-trial-fire-investigator-casts-doubt-on-defenses-arson-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified on May 22\u003c/a> that she did not enter the Ghost Ship the day of that suspected arson in 2014. But both Almena and his wife, Micah Allison, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11756955/ghost-ship-defendants-wife-says-law-enforcement-had-been-through-warehouse-many-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave testimony contradicting that\u003c/a>, saying Sabatini had entered the building to investigate any potential fire damage to the inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabatini's testimony had cast doubt on the defense's assertion that arson was the cause of the deadly 2016 blaze. Although the cause of the fire was never determined, Sabatini said investigators found no evidence of arson, nor did her team hear any witness accounts of the sound of breaking glass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors are expected to call two final rebuttal witnesses to the stand Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Almena said he had given those statements under duress because he had just been arrested, removed from his home and charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution has argued that Almena and Harris illegally converted the warehouse into an unsafe living space without consideration for proper safety regulations, such as installing sprinkler systems, fire alarms, smoke detectors and well-lit exits. The defense has argued that the blaze was started as an act of arson. 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He said there were no smoke detectors in the stairwells or in the upper level dance area or lower level common areas. He said detectors were in his kids' areas, in the kitchen and elsewhere. He said there was an illuminated exit toward the front of the building, but that it only worked if the switch was on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Debaucherous Parties'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also questioned Almena about testimony he gave Tuesday in which he said raves and \"debaucherous\" parties weren’t allowed at the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James focused on a 2014 New Year’s party where police were called when things became “physical” between the organizers of the event. Almena said he did not plan the party and \"hid most of the time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James asked Almena about statements he made in a Jan. 3, 2015, police report and whether he had told a police officer that condoms were left all over the floor the night of the party and that his son had put one in his mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena responded that his son had touched a condom but did not put it in his mouth. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Almena again reiterated Kai Ng's \"policy\" after Ng had walked through the warehouse and seen kitchens and rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You guys are really living here. Don’t tell the cops,\" Almena said Ng told him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'No Permits for Anything'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James questioned Almena about whether Eva Ng had requested he go over plans and provide copies of permits regarding the installation of a side door to the warehouse. Almena responded that no permits for the door existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena testified he also did not obtain permits for a set of stairs built in the front of the warehouse and for additional electrical and plumbing work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he had acquired the proper permit to install a kitchen, Almena said there were \"no permits for anything.\" He also said he didn’t obtain operational permits for events because he didn’t think they were required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James asked about the types of safety measures installed at the Ghost Ship. Almena said there was no sprinkler system and no internal or external fire alarms. He said there were no smoke detectors in the stairwells or in the upper level dance area or lower level common areas. He said detectors were in his kids' areas, in the kitchen and elsewhere. He said there was an illuminated exit toward the front of the building, but that it only worked if the switch was on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Debaucherous Parties'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also questioned Almena about testimony he gave Tuesday in which he said raves and \"debaucherous\" parties weren’t allowed at the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James focused on a 2014 New Year’s party where police were called when things became “physical” between the organizers of the event. Almena said he did not plan the party and \"hid most of the time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James asked Almena about statements he made in a Jan. 3, 2015, police report and whether he had told a police officer that condoms were left all over the floor the night of the party and that his son had put one in his mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena responded that his son had touched a condom but did not put it in his mouth. His reply prompted James to play body camera footage from the night of the police report, in an effort to challenge Almena's court testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense objected, saying the audio was “inaudible,” and Serra said the prosecution was engaging in “character assassination” and that the video should not be admissible as evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Judge Trina Thompson excused the jury for the remainder of the afternoon session in order to play the full video for the \"purpose of refreshing the recollection of Mr. Almena\" and to hear objections from the defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James argued that the video was not character assassination. \"It’s about his credibility,” he said. “If any witness says something directly contrary to their previous statement, they can be confronted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curtis Briggs, who represents Max Harris, argued that the video should be \"unambiguous\" regarding its content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the video, the officer writing the police report repeated aloud Almena's statements, which included describing that his son had put a condom in his mouth. After viewing the entire video, Judge Thompson sided with the prosecution in allowing it as evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on totality (of the video), the court finds proper impeachment,” Thompson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution is expected to continue cross-examination of Almena Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Derick Almena, master tenant of the Ghost Ship, a warehouse that caught fire on Dec. 2, 2016, killing 35 concert-goers and one tenant, broke down almost immediately Monday during testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena, wearing a dark jacket over a white button-up shirt and hair tucked back in a ponytail, choked up before he could spell his name for the court. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='ghost-ship-trial' label='More Ghost Ship Trial Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Serra, who represents Almena, asked his client if he felt responsible for those who died the night of the fire. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes. I instigated something, built something, dreamed something,” Almena said. “I invited beautiful people in my space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena and Max Harris have each been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the Oakland warehouse blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra followed up and asked Almena if he felt remorse and contrition for the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel death, a loss of life forever,” Almena said. “They were beautiful, beautiful people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last August, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686316/judge-rejects-plea-deals-in-deadly-oakland-warehouse-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rejecting plea deals\u003c/a> for both Almena and Harris and setting the stage for the current criminal trial, an Oakland judge said Almena didn't acknowledge responsibility or show remorse for the fatal blaze. During that 2018 hearing, Almena offended Ghost Ship victims' family members when he said \"If I could give each one of you my life, if I could give you my children's lives, I would.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Almena testified that he felt the warehouse was safe and that he would never have put the lives of his three children, who lived with him and his wife there, at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t expose anyone to danger,” Almena said. “I feel the same way about my children as my friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena went on to describe wanting to procure the warehouse as a place to store art he and Micah Allison, who he’s married to, had collected on their travels around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got the warehouse as a final resting place for art,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena said he envisioned the Ghost Ship as a center for community and creative outreach, a place where people could take classes or display their art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He testified that he did not originally rent the warehouse with the intent to live there. He also said he told the landlords the space would be used as an art collective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena said he had also asked the landlords, Kai and Eva Ng, to make renovations to the warehouse “all the time,” saying there was “nothing there. No waste lines. No water. No electricity.” He said the landlords told him the warehouse was deemed “as-is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I rented something that shouldn’t have been rented by an art collective,” Almena said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena said he made no profit at the Ghost Ship and that rent collected was funneled back into improvements to the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena is expected to continue testimony, including cross-examination by prosecutors, on Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Previous Testimony Monday\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra called three witnesses to testify before his client, Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena, was expected to take the stand Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darold Leite, who said he had lived inside the Ghost Ship for two years before moving into a redwood sauna house in the warehouse's side yard in 2016, testified he heard bottles breaking and four to five people in a loud argument on the night of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11759792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/IMG_7593-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Darold Leite testified Monday that he heard bottles breaking and four to five people in a loud argument on the night of the Ghost Ship fire on Dec. 2, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11759792\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darold Leite testified Monday that he heard bottles breaking and four to five people in a loud argument on the night of the Ghost Ship fire on Dec. 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Vicki Behringer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leite said he saw seven to eight individuals in dark clothing who “left in a hurry” through the side door of the warehouse, and that he did not recognize them to be occupants. He said, responding to questions from Serra, that about seven to 10 minutes elapsed between the start of the argument and when he saw them flee the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense has argued the fire was started as an act of arson, and that Almena and Harris could have done nothing to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution has argued that Almena and Harris illegally converted the warehouse into an unsafe living space and stuffed it full of flammable building materials. They also argue that proper safety equipment, such as fire alarms, smoke detectors and sprinklers, was not installed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside court, Serra said Leite’s testimony backed up the defense’s theory that Molotov cocktails were used to start the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leite also described some botched attempts by the Oakland Fire Department to respond to the Dec. 2 blaze. He said firefighters entered through the side door of the building, but said it looked like their hose “got hung up” and that it didn’t seem long enough. He also said that fire department ladders got hung up in wires near the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He testified that he did not consider the Ghost Ship to be a “fire trap,” and said he recalled seeing smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under cross-examination from Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Casey Bates, Leite clarified that to his knowledge those detectors were not in public areas of the warehouse. He said he recalled there being detectors in the rooms of Almena’s children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leite also said he had removed metal screens from two to three windows to make the building safer in case of fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leite — who said he did work for Almena, including moving equipment and furniture during events — said he had done electrical work at the warehouse. Under questioning from Bates, Leite said he had wired a kitchen in the warehouse to a contractor’s box or \"spider box,\" a type of portable power distribution unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he had ever heard of kitchens being wired to these types of electrical boxes for permanent use, Leite said no. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he had obtained the proper permits to do so, he answered he did not think those types of permits were required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11759814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police Officer Jonathon Low testifies during the Ghost Ship trial on July 8, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11759814\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police Officer Jonathon Low testifies during the Ghost Ship trial on July 8, 2019. \u003ccite>(Vicki Behringer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Serra also called Oakland police Officer Jonathon Low, who had testified previously, to the stand. Low testified he had been to the warehouse with other officers four times from January 2015 through September 2015, and that he had entered the warehouse on two occasions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra asked if Low had ever reported to his superiors about any safety violations at the Ghost Ship, to which he answered no. But under cross-examination from Bates, Low also said he had never received any training regarding building or fire safety codes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Body-camera footage from Low in January 2015 had been shown in court previously in which Almena said no one had lived in the warehouse. Under cross-examination, Low reiterated that Almena told him no one lived in the warehouse and that artists signed contracts saying the warehouse was not a residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Serra also pointed out a video from Jan. 31, 2015, featuring Almena in which Low said, “I’ve been here, they live here, they rent here and that’s a fact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Low also testified under questioning from Serra that he had helped someone move out of the warehouse in December 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Serra, who represents Almena, asked his client if he felt responsible for those who died the night of the fire. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes. I instigated something, built something, dreamed something,” Almena said. “I invited beautiful people in my space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena and Max Harris have each been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the Oakland warehouse blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra followed up and asked Almena if he felt remorse and contrition for the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel death, a loss of life forever,” Almena said. “They were beautiful, beautiful people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last August, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686316/judge-rejects-plea-deals-in-deadly-oakland-warehouse-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rejecting plea deals\u003c/a> for both Almena and Harris and setting the stage for the current criminal trial, an Oakland judge said Almena didn't acknowledge responsibility or show remorse for the fatal blaze. During that 2018 hearing, Almena offended Ghost Ship victims' family members when he said \"If I could give each one of you my life, if I could give you my children's lives, I would.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Almena testified that he felt the warehouse was safe and that he would never have put the lives of his three children, who lived with him and his wife there, at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t expose anyone to danger,” Almena said. “I feel the same way about my children as my friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena went on to describe wanting to procure the warehouse as a place to store art he and Micah Allison, who he’s married to, had collected on their travels around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got the warehouse as a final resting place for art,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena said he envisioned the Ghost Ship as a center for community and creative outreach, a place where people could take classes or display their art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He testified that he did not originally rent the warehouse with the intent to live there. He also said he told the landlords the space would be used as an art collective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena said he had also asked the landlords, Kai and Eva Ng, to make renovations to the warehouse “all the time,” saying there was “nothing there. No waste lines. No water. 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He said, responding to questions from Serra, that about seven to 10 minutes elapsed between the start of the argument and when he saw them flee the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense has argued the fire was started as an act of arson, and that Almena and Harris could have done nothing to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution has argued that Almena and Harris illegally converted the warehouse into an unsafe living space and stuffed it full of flammable building materials. They also argue that proper safety equipment, such as fire alarms, smoke detectors and sprinklers, was not installed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside court, Serra said Leite’s testimony backed up the defense’s theory that Molotov cocktails were used to start the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leite also described some botched attempts by the Oakland Fire Department to respond to the Dec. 2 blaze. He said firefighters entered through the side door of the building, but said it looked like their hose “got hung up” and that it didn’t seem long enough. He also said that fire department ladders got hung up in wires near the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He testified that he did not consider the Ghost Ship to be a “fire trap,” and said he recalled seeing smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under cross-examination from Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Casey Bates, Leite clarified that to his knowledge those detectors were not in public areas of the warehouse. He said he recalled there being detectors in the rooms of Almena’s children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leite also said he had removed metal screens from two to three windows to make the building safer in case of fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leite — who said he did work for Almena, including moving equipment and furniture during events — said he had done electrical work at the warehouse. Under questioning from Bates, Leite said he had wired a kitchen in the warehouse to a contractor’s box or \"spider box,\" a type of portable power distribution unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he had ever heard of kitchens being wired to these types of electrical boxes for permanent use, Leite said no. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he had obtained the proper permits to do so, he answered he did not think those types of permits were required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11759814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police Officer Jonathon Low testifies during the Ghost Ship trial on July 8, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11759814\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Officer-Low.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police Officer Jonathon Low testifies during the Ghost Ship trial on July 8, 2019. \u003ccite>(Vicki Behringer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Serra also called Oakland police Officer Jonathon Low, who had testified previously, to the stand. Low testified he had been to the warehouse with other officers four times from January 2015 through September 2015, and that he had entered the warehouse on two occasions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra asked if Low had ever reported to his superiors about any safety violations at the Ghost Ship, to which he answered no. But under cross-examination from Bates, Low also said he had never received any training regarding building or fire safety codes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Body-camera footage from Low in January 2015 had been shown in court previously in which Almena said no one had lived in the warehouse. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Wednesday, June 26, 1:50 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Micah Allison, the wife of Ghost Ship trial defendant Derick Almena, testified Tuesday that Oakland law enforcement officials and fire department personnel had passed through the Ghost Ship warehouse many times in the years leading up to the Dec. 2, 2016 blaze that killed 36 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under questioning from Tony Serra, who represents master tenant Almena, Allison testified Oakland Fire investigator Maria Sabatini had visited the warehouse following a September 2014 arson fire that was climbing the outside of the warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison's testimony contradicts testimony Sabatini gave on May 21 in which Sabatini said she did not enter the warehouse following the 2014 fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison said Sabatini had entered the warehouse after the fire department put out that fire out to check if the interior was safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='ghost-ship-trial' label='More Ghost Ship Trial Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said Sabatini walked through the lower level of the warehouse, up through the back stairs and then down through the front stairs. 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The defense has argued arson was the cause of the blaze, and that neither Almena nor co-defendant Max Harris could have done anything to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors argue that Almena and Harris, who has been described as creative director of the warehouse, illegally converted the warehouse into an unsafe living space stuffed with flammable materials and lacking proper safety measures like fire alarms, well-lit exits and sprinkler systems, making them criminally liable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almena and Harris each face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the 2016 blaze, which occurred during an electronic music event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison’s testimony on Tuesday began emotionally as she sat next to a large image of her family taken approximately six years earlier, which included Almena and their three children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s my family,” said Allison crying after Serra asked her to describe the photo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison told Serra a number of safety improvements had been made at the building, including the removal of grates from the second-floor windows and the installation of a side door and front stairs. 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