The trial against the two men charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the deadly 2016 “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire in Oakland, California ended Thursday with a mistrial for one of the defendants and a full acquittal for the other. Derick Almena and Max Harris both faced 39 years if found guilty of the 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter; however, Harris was acquitted on all 36 counts, while a hung jury mistrial was declared for Almena who will head back to trial on October 4th.
With all the fire raging out in California, it is odd that his birthday, August 9th, was so overlooked, but is it since the WaPo and SF Gate are now blaming him for them in what is the oddest turn of events yet. Smokey was a U.S. Forest Service creation from Munich-born Albert Staehle a popular illustrator in the 1930s into the mid-1960s. Another of his posters is the 1939 New York World’s Fair. He , died of a stroke in april 1974 in North Miami, Florida; he was 74 years old. It is the longest-running public service advertising campaign in United States…
