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She said she received texts throughout the day her daughter died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James, the prosecutor, showed texts between the two, a final one from Siegrist that read, \"I'm gonna die now.\" The defense had objected to the testimony before the jury was called to the courtroom, calling the text \"inflammatory\" and that it was \"tugging at the heartstrings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorney Tyler Smith, who represents Harris, said the \"true reason is to appeal to the emotions of the jurors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Trina Thompson allowed testimony from Cidlik if it referred specifically to the time and location from where the text was sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cidlik, who lives in Hawaii, said she had received the final text at 11:23 p.m. California time, the time at which the fire had broken out. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6:45 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution in the trial of two men — each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the Dec. 2, 2016, Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland — read aloud the names of those killed in the blaze as photos of each victim were displayed on screens in an Alameda County courtroom Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='ghost-ship-trial' label='More Coverage of the Ghost Ship Trial']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutor Casey Bates, an assistant district attorney for Alameda County, said during his opening statement that the three dozen people couldn't escape the illegally converted East Oakland warehouse \"because there was no notice, no time and no exits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some attending the trial sobbed at times and shared boxes of tissues before court went into lunch recess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warehouse nicknamed \"Ghost Ship\" caught fire during an electronic music party, killing 35 concertgoers and one resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They paid money, but didn't survive because there was no notice of smoke and flames,\" Bates said before the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faulty electrical wiring was suspected, but the official cause of the fire was never determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorney Curtis Briggs, who represents Max Harris, said evidence will prove arson as the cause of the fire, saying \"the people who lit the Ghost Ship on fire are not on trial. The owners are not on trial. The people who threw the party on Dec. 2 are not on trial.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said at least three people will testify who say they saw several strangers flee the warehouse just before the fire, including one witness who said they saw seven to 10 Latino men in dark clothes running near the warehouse claiming they boasted of setting up a wooden obstruction in the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates outlined the case against master tenant Derick Almena and Harris, often described as Almena's \"second-in-command,\" saying they had converted the commercial warehouse into a residential and performance space stuffed from floor to ceiling with flammable materials. 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Bouchard moved out of the building within weeks and attempted to get out of the lease, which Eva Ng, the daughter of warehouse owner Chor Ng, wouldn’t allow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates said Rodney Griffin, a construction worker, will testify that Almena ignored his advice on safety improvements, even after Griffin called the building a \"death trap.\" According to Bates, Almena told Griffin, \"We can do it better, cheaper,\" and hired an unlicensed contractor through Craigslist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates said that in October 2015 Harris moved in and began acting as a manager and creative director, saying he collected rent, created leases, issued evictions and paid the rent to the landlords. He paid none of his own rent, Bates said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs countered that the prosecution was trying to portray a hierarchical structure and that Harris was a second in command at the warehouse. But Briggs instead called Harris \"a Christ-like and Buddhistic figure.\" He called Harris a servant and not a boss — someone who performed janitorial task around the Ghost Ship cleaning dishes, mopping floors and patching holes in the roof. Briggs said the term “creative director,” sometimes used to describe Harris, came from a joke, but stuck with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They [the prosecution] wants to turn him into a middleman,\" Briggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates showed an image of a letter he said represented a sublease agreement between Harris, acting as an agent of Almena, with a tenant of the warehouse, in violation of the master lease's prohibition against residential use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also played video footage of Harris and Almena speaking with police officers, claiming no one had lived in the warehouse. \"Nobody lives here. We just build sets here,\" Almena says in a June 2015 clip. In another June 2015 clip Harris says, \"We work here. 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If convicted, they could be sentenced to decades in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s take a look at the trial so far, and some of the key events that led up to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Prosecution, Defense and Criminal Trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The preliminary rounds of the criminal trial began April 2, and started with defense and prosecution arguments over what language may be used in the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='ghost-ship-trial' label='More Coverage of the Ghost Ship Trial']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County prosecutors argued that the defense should be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737333/ghost-ship-trial-begins-opening-statements-expected-at-end-of-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barred from using such terms\u003c/a> as “cover-up” and “scapegoat.” Prosecutors allege that Almena, the Ghost Ship's master tenant, and Harris, often described as his \"second in command,\" had created a fire trap in the building, filling it with recreational vehicles, pianos and other items, blocking exits and failing to take adequate safety precautions before allowing people in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense, however, has argued that Almena and Harris are taking the rap for those who should be held responsible, including property owner Chor Ng and her son and daughter, Kai and Eva Ng. Defense attorneys also point to a series of apparent failures by Oakland fire, police and building inspectors, among other government officials, who could have intervened to shut down the Ghost Ship or to force the owners to bring it up to code.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense also argued that prosecutors should be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737648/ghost-ship-trial-arguments-over-metaphors-anti-semitic-jokes-jury-site-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barred from using terms\u003c/a> such as “fire trap,” “tinderbox” and “death trap” to describe the state of the Ghost Ship before it caught fire. Defense attorney Tony Serra, who represents Almena, called the terms argumentative and could unfairly sway a jury against his client. Curtis Briggs, who represents Harris, argued that such terms would never be used by experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors called the terms necessary to describe the state of the warehouse before the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson ruled that the terms mentioned — cover-up, scapegoat, fire box and death trap, along with similar metaphors — would be restricted during opening statements, but allowed during testimony subject to objections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kai and Eva Ng appeared in court on April 4 to attend a hearing to determine whether certain evidence would be admissible regarding the warehouse. Both Ngs \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737853/son-daughter-of-ghost-ship-owner-refuse-to-answer-questions-in-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to answer questions\u003c/a> from the prosecution or defense, invoking their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 11, Judge Thompson quashed a defense subpoena for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to testify, finding attorneys had failed to show she had personal knowledge of conditions in the warehouse prior to the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remainder of the month was largely taken up with jury selection, during which \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/320-Potential-Jurors-In-Ghost-Ship-Trial-Have-13757005.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about 480 potential jurors filled out questionnaires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the trial remains on schedule, testimony would begin next week. The trial could last for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Plea Deal Rejected\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last Aug. 10, Alameda County Superior Court Judge James Cramer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686316/judge-rejects-plea-deals-in-deadly-oakland-warehouse-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected a plea agreement\u003c/a> that called for Almena to be sentenced to nine years in prison and Harris to six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cramer said he was declining to approve the agreement, which had been negotiated under the supervision of another judge, because he felt Almena had not acknowledged his responsibility or shown remorse for the fatal blaze. 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