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Your Call

Your Call: Ghost Ship fire aftermath

Known victims of the Oakland warehouse fire

 

How should we address the issues that led to the tragic Ghost Ship fire, which took the lives of at least 36 people?

There have been rising concerns about how the fire will affect the limited amount of spaces for artists to live, work, and gather. The devastating loss of life has many talking about how the lack of affordable housing forces people to live in unsafe spaces like Ghost Ship. How are Bay Area communities responding?

Guests:

Nihar Bhatt, DJ/producer with the San Francisco based Surface Tension collective who was at the Ghost Ship fire, and co-owner of the record label Left Hand Pathpresent

Hiroko Kurihara, textile artist, founder of 25th St. Collective, co-founder of Oakland Makers, and leader in the Uptown Arts District Group

Web Resources:

Master List of Ghost Ship Support

KQED: Oakland Fire: Benefits, Vigils and Other Ways to Honor the Victims

SF Gate: Profiles of those who died in huge warehouse fire in Oakland

Omni Commons: DIY Safety Working Group

NBC Bay Area: Two Survivors of Deadly Oakland Warehouse Fire Describe the Scene Inside

Pitchfork: After Ghost Ship Fire, Oakland DIY Grapples With a Broken System

KQED: It Could Have Been Any One of Us

48 Hills: In the Ghost Ship aftermath

East Bay Times: Evictions in Ghost Ship’s wake: Artists’ worst fears coming true

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.