Rising Oakland rents push artists, musicians to communal spaces

By Peter Henderson OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The two-story warehouse engulfed by a deadly Oakland fire at a Friday night dance party was typical of the collective spaces artists and musicians say they have increasingly looked for to cope with rising rents. "You don't necessarily trust the landlords to do the work they are supposed to do because they will evict you." EVENTS 'TO HELP PAY RENT' People who had been inside the warehouse described the building as full of pianos and sculptures with rooms where artists lived and worked.