Founder of warehouse where 36 people died in blaze pleads guilty
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA The Ghost Ship warehouse in December 2016 after the deadly blaze. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Founder of warehouse where 36 people died in blaze pleads guilty OAKLAND — It’s been more than four years since a fire raged through an East Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, taking with it the lives of 36 people — and for some time since, the families of those victims waited to hear specific words from the master tenant: guilty. Derick Almena, 50, pleaded guilty Friday to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of three dozen who ...