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Survivors of Oakland Halfway House Fire File Lawsuit

Residents of the building have filed a lawsuit over a fire in West Oakland that left four people dead. Candice Nguyen reports. Survivors of a deadly fire that tore through a West Oakland halfway house last month sued their former landlord and the nonprofits that acted as master tenants Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court, saying their slum-like housing conditions were illegal and led to …