A growing number of environmental groups say they want to make sure that future construction of new housing is not putting communities at risk from climate change.
Both men charged in the fatal Ghost Ship fire are negotiating plea deals as part of a plan laid forth by Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson on Friday.
A judge denied the motion to drop all charges against two defendants in the Ghost Ship fire case where 36 people were killed at a warehouse in Oakland.
An Oakland Police officer who responded to a call at the Ghost Ship warehouse in 2015 predicted the fire danger there.
She helped build the Oakland artists collective known as "Ghost Ship". Now, her husband faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for all those people who died in the fire. On the eve of an important hearing in the criminal case, Micah Allison has given an exclusive interview to the ABC7 I-Team.
A judge Wednesday denied a motion by Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena to have the charges against him for the fire that killed 36 people at the Oakland warehouse last December dismissed or modified on the grounds that they aren't specific enough.