mikayla's dad said there were some folks found hugging each other. i believe my daughter and al wrecks hugging each other to the end. they were together trying to help each other, i'm sure. i know it. mikayla was 20 and alex was 22. >>> and we are learning more about one of the victims from her friend, 31-year-old kiome was a mike manager and according to her friend much more. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has her story. >> this world is missing something. >> reporter: in this 2013 document kiome passionately shared her life philosophy. >> like that's which are want to be, that's where, you know, there's possibility and imagination. i'm sorry. >> reporter: spencer mccall interviewedner 2012 for documentary. >> she was so big and bright and colorful in this community that, i mean, it's impossible to not just be like totally heartbroken. >> reporter: she was also a music manager at shazam. on its facebook page shazam wrote we love you and will never forget you. >> just inspiring. >> reporter: she was fascinated by incidences and to her they were

>> mikayla. >> jimmy: mikayla, where are you from? >> sydney, australia. >> jimmy: no way.e australia. that's right. we air in australia. do you see us in australia? >> yeah, of course. >> jimmy: real we love australia. i've never been. i'm dying to go. >> you should come. >> jimmy: i know. everyone i have met from australia is super nice. yeah. >> yeah, yeah. it's really nice. >> jimmy: i'm a little scared because there are sharks. >> yeah, i know exactly. [ laughter ] yeah, they are scary. >> jimmy: there's snakes, too, right? >> there are. lot's of them. >> jimmy: and then, are there -- are there spiders? >> lots of spiders. >> jimmy: right? >> huntsman's, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, huntsman's, yeah. and they hide, like, where? they hide like, in your pool and stuff? don't they hide in the pool? so you go swimming, you could either get bit by a shark or a a spider. >> exactly. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: anyway, it's fun. australia, no i don't mean to knock it. yeah. but i can't wait to go to check it out. but it gets chilly there, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: maybe sometimes really

twenty year-old mikayla gregory and 22-year old alex vega were found wrapped in each others arms. alex's brother say they were high school sweethearts, together for five years. >> they were perfect for each other, always complimenting each other, we thought they would be together forever. she was a vega. >> family says that the couple shared a mutual love of music and dancing. >>> people in north dakota dealing with blizzard conditions this morning, check out the snow getting blown across the road by almost 50 miles an hour wind here, it is causing massive though drifts and dangerous driving conditions. people getting stuck all over the place, and tow truck rescued another tow truck that was stranded in this snow. >>> stuff all over the place. >> everybody is stuck. they are stuck, she's stuck, he's stuck. >> everybody gets stuck. >> just looking at that video, of course, ending chills up your spine. >> the question lauren casey is are we feeling that chill, like that right here. >> she has got the answer. it will be yes. >> i don't think it will be quite that intense, over the in

. >> the new lawsuits have been filed on behalf of mikayla griffin and mark allen. >> mick la's father is grief strichen and wants justice. the ghost ship was a, quote, death trap according to the papers fired. >> not a day that goes by we don't miss her. >> reporter: mick la gregory's father talking. mick la died in alec vega's arm. >> today they are attorney filed two wrongful death lawsuits. madden, a uc berkeley graduate wasless killed. the building's owner was named and the landlord e, event promoters and neighboring landlords who according to the lawsuit were supplying electricity to the ghost ship. >> they did not have the permits for residences, didn't have the permits for events. there was no fire alarms, no sprinklers, no egress or way to exit. >> also outside the warehouse a memorial. >> the last thing anybody should do is punish him for loving these people when they needed it. >> reporter: the gregorys say those named should be held accountable. >> we'll never see them again, and -- and we just want justice. >> the attorney for the two families also filed claims against the

. >> these are like batman toy ss created a little christmas magic for 7-year-old mikayla and 6-year-old> everyon that took part injoyd it so much they want to find someone sfoshl help every christmas moving forward.

we're told he died in the arms of his girlfriend, 20-year-old mikayla gregory. he also loved the arts from urban graffiti and painting to electronic music. >>> now five people who used to attend cal or were current students were also among dead. >> abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington spoke with them on campus today or spoke with others on campus and joins us live now with a look back at what made these people so special. >> reporter: there's so many people touched by this tragedy and now we know it extends here to uc berkeley. there are counselors on campus. there will be a vigil tomorrow at noon at zeller and people are collecting cards that they can send to family members. uc berkeley just released a statement offering prayers and cole constolenses saying they will all stand together and will get through this. >> two uc berkeley undergrad, vanessa plotkin and jennifer morris and two recent alumni, clifd clyne and one campus volume fear chelsea faith dolan. >> it's a huge tragedy for the entire area. >> we'll be leaning on each other in the coming days to sup

abc 7 news was at alameda county superior court as the parents of 20-year-old mikayla gregory filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the list of people. they included the primary tenant and the event promoter and performers and a business next door shared its electricity with the building. >> they allowed people to live there and to come, these young people to come to an event where there was no fire alarms no, sprinklers, no good egress no, way to exit. >> we will never see them again and we just want justice. we just want justice. ch. >> the family of 23-year-old griffin madden filed a similar lawsuit today. >>> an east bay family escaped out the back door in their bare feet during a ferocious fire in the oakland hills late last night this. happened on alhambra lane and the family of five is okay and they are now staying with friends and their cars and much of the home was destroyed. neighbors say they were scared the flames might spread. robert whistler lives right next door and the fire was so hot it blew out his windows. >> i heard a pop sound and it wasn't very loud, and i didn'

alex vega and his friend mikayla gregory worked together at this urban outfitters in the marina district and the manager said everyone is too shaken up to talk on camera. though his death has not been officially confirmed vega's family was told this morning his body was identified and that news provided relief. they will be holding a memorial for vega and gregory tomorrow at their home. >> he always wanted to be remembered by his work, so let's just celebrate him and his work. >> reporter: alex gasan was a documentary producer and contributor to kqed and was engaged to hana from finland who is among the missing. she recently helped organize a peace demonstration in helsinki. >> the mother of 32-year-old donna kellogg says her daughter died doing something she enjoyed doing, dancing. susan slocum says her daughter was strong and courageous. >> she was a musician and, unfortunately she died doing something show enjoyed doing. >> donna kellogg was a native of chico and was working at high wire coffee rosters in berkeley and will be buried next to her brother who died when he was 18. >>> and

one on behalf of 20-year-old mikayla aggressionry who, according to -- gregory, who according to theedical exam for, died in her boyfriend, alex vega's, arms. her mother and father said there's not a day that goes by where they don't miss their daughter. they want justice for both mikhail ayla and her behave. >> we knew that they -- and her boyfriend. >> we knew that they had to be found together or trying to help each other. it's just been really hard. but at the same time, knowing that they worked together until the end, it did help somewhat. >> a lawsuit was also filed on behalf of 23-year-old griffin madden. in all, three dozen people were killed in early december making it the deadliest fire in the united states in more than a decade. attorneys are casting a wide legal net saying the nine defendants in the lawsuit are responsible for a horrific, gross negligence. >> we have filed this lawsuit against the owners of the building and against those who are involved with the event. the promoters and the person who was putting on the show, and we've also filed against the person who w