Tear Gas and Protests Erupt at Van Gogh Museum – Anti-lockdown protests took place over the weekend in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The demonstrators were pushing back against a new emergency 9 p.m. curfew intended to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. The rally ended with tear gas and water canons shot into the crowd, which had gathered outside of the Van Gogh Museum. More than 100 people were arrested. (
Paris Artists Struggle Amid Lockdowns – The historic Place du Tertre in Paris is normally bustling with 250 artists who rent in the square to paint portraits of visitors, but the lack of tourism this past year has brought extremely hard times on these painters, portraitists, and caricaturists, and the square is virtually empty. Belle époque artists like Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, and Picasso all once lived and worked in the area, the so-called “artists square.” (
Derick Almena, a man who converted an Oakland warehouse into an artist collective where a 2016 fire killed 36, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Friday.
The Ghost Ship Warehouse on Dec. 3, 2016, after a fast-moving fire swept through the building in Oakland, Calif., killing 36 partygoers. (KGO-TV via AP, File)
(CN) Derick Almena, the master tenant of the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland where 36 partygoers perished during a 2016 fire, pleaded guilty Friday to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter.
During a hearing at the Alameda County Superior Court, Almena gave a terse reply of “guilty” to each of the 36 counts read off by Judge Trina Thompson, who referred the case to the probation department.
san francisco s top attorney now the target of a lawsuit. whistleblowers say it is for breaking the rules not once but many times. it is an act of necessity, it is an act of courage. he is talking about citizen s arrest, the latest legal maneuver in the trial of oakland s deadly ghost ship fire. i m meteorologist drew tuma. we are tracking thick fog for your wednesday morning commute. the timing in your walk forecast. from abc 7, live breaking news. that breaking news is at the facebook offices in menlo park. police have evacuated at least one of the company s buildings. this one is on jefferson drive at constitution drive near the approach to the live from s 7. t b now. theynvting the tm new york city police. facebook employees gathered in
hear one of the defendants in the ghost ship murder trial speak out for the first time since the judge put the case into legal limbo by rejecting a plan to plea deal. i have no feelings of anger towards the driver. amazing. a mother forgives the suspected drunk driver whose crash claimed the life of her teenaged son. it s a very, very painful situation made incredibly worse. the indentation remains, but the wedding ring does not on the hand of a man married almost 50 years. his family hopes this story will help it turn up before it s too late. live where you live, this is abc 7 news. remorse is not equal to guilt. you can be remorseful and broken hearted, but you re not but you don t have to be guilty. only on abc 7 news tonight, one of the two men charged in connection with oakland s deadly ghost ship fire speaks out and
on saturday as well. palm springs 118. yuma 116. it s where the heat is going for a couple days but some of these places may have a heat wave lasting more than five days with temps above normal. we ll keep watching that. chad, appreciate it. happy further to you my friend as well. to you, too. the death toll climbing following a ferry accident in indonesia. take a look at the scene yesterday. dozens of passengers clinging to that capsized boat. officials say 155 people survived. 34 people died. young children among them. the cause of the accident is under investigation. the two men facing multiple involuntary manslaughter charges in the so-called ghost ship fire have taken plea deals. you may recall in 201636 people were killed when a fire destroyed a warehouse in oakland during a party. the building s leaseholder and tenant were charged in the deaths. both men pleaded no contest which means there won t be a trial. they need to be sentenced.