The Latest: Witness says he paid rent to warehouse defendant

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a court hearing to determine whether two men will stand trial in the worst building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade (all times local):

5:15p.m.

The second witness at a court hearing for two men charged in a fatal warehouse fire in Oakland says he paid rent to one of the defendants to live there.

Jose Avalos testified Wednesday that Derick Almena told him to pay Max Harris rent for his loft space at the warehouse known as the Ghost Ship. A fire there on Dec. 2, 2016 killed 36 people.

The warehouse had been illegally converted into living space for artists, was cluttered and had no fire alarms or sprinklers.