As he awaits the jury's decision in his criminal trial, Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena, in another jailhouse interview with the Bay Area Reporter Sunday, August 4, slammed prosecutors, ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a fire that claimed 36 lives in Oakland on a December night more than three years ago. A fire that no one has been held criminally responsible. RELATED: Ghost Ship Fire ...

Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena told the Bay Area Reporter this week that he is optimistic that many more witnesses favorable to his defense will come forward in a new trial that is scheduled ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Four months into the trial, 10 days into deliberations and now the jury panel must start over. It's still unclear why the judge decided to make the switch. The change was apparently ...

At times combative, Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena continued to defend himself under a second day of cross-examination from the prosecution, saying he believed dwellings could be constructed ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people perished in a 2016 fire has pleaded guilty to the deaths. Derick Almena, 50, pleaded guilty to 36 counts of ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The ABC7 News I-Team is getting a clearer picture of Ghost Ship warehouse founder Derick Almena through his dealings with people to whom he rented, and his issues with law ...