Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives completed its work Monday night at the scene of a fatal warehouse fire in Oakland.
Investigators have ruled out a refrigerator as the source of the fire but are still looking at electrical systems as a potential cause. The fire occurred at a venue known to locals as The Ghost Ship. It killed 36 people, including three transgender women.
Their deaths have raised some difficult questions about how to mourn those who have changed their names. Take Two spoke to Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center in Oakland.