Long Ghost Ship trial ends in dramatic fashion

In a dramatic end to a lengthy trial, a jury has acquitted Ghost Ship creative director Max Harris and deadlocked on master tenant Derick Almena on involuntary manslaughter charges for a fire at the Oakland building in 2016 that killed 36 people.

Almena, 49, and Harris, 29, faced 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the Dec. 2, 2016, fire that killed 36 people at a music party at the 10,000-square-foot warehouse in the 1300 block of 31st Avenue in Oakland’s Fruitvale district, which served as an artists’ collective.