>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. >> i think we have a deep love for this city, so everybody is devastated. >> it's the oldest black church in the east bay. now the pastor of fame, the first african-american episcopal church of oakland, is promising they will rise from the ashes. >> tonight an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire. ama: already the community is coming together, vowing to rebuild. reporter: 12 hours after fire damaged the first

african-american methodi churche faithful were ready to rise again. >> i am at a loss for words. fame means so much to this community. reporter: rodney smith is the pastor of this church. they held a fundraiser on monday morning. >> we make an offering of $100 as a seed offering. reporter: fame is thought to be the first and oldest church in the east bay, dating back to the 1950's. the pastor says they need money to rebuild but what they lost goes beyond any dollar amount. >> our church had a sentimental value, an emotional value. so many people were coming up to me last night saying, i was married in that church, my mother's funeral was in that church. >> that connection was evident in the number of people who came by to see the damage. >> this is an historic church with a wealth of history.

to see it in this condition is heartbreaking. >> the inside suffered a tremendous amount of damage, particularly the roof and upper floors. reporter: michael hunt with the fire department said the fire broke out sunday night and spread to the roof. it took almost five hours to contain. the investigation is underway to determine a cause. the churches in carol fife's district. she doesn't think it was a hate crime but she does have concerns. >> that wasn't the first thing that came to mind, although we are seeing a lot of racist tagging on churches throughout my district. my first thought was someone trying to warm themselves in the doorway. reporter: memories lost in the ashes, but this community had not lost hope. >> they will rebuild and continue to do great work, so i am excited for the next chapter. ama: this afternoon the oakland

mayor released a statement about the fire, saying, i had the honor of visiting fame oakland on sunday and felt the strong sense of community that has been a hallmark throughout their history. this is heartbreaking. fame oakland is part of our town and we will do everything we can to help. >> a1-2 power punch for the east bay, hit by two substantial pg&e power outages in two hours. this map shows the current trouble spots. power has been restored to the majority of people. at one point today, 6300 customers were without power. pg&e says it is due to an equipment failure. yesterday a substation failure knocked out service. social media video shows security screening at oakland airport shut down for a time during that outage. the cause is under investigation. everyone affected has had their power restored. ama: police in oakland are

investigating a deadly hit and run that killed a 100-year-old man yesterday about a block away from lake merritt. the man suffered severe head trauma. the car that hit him is a tan or white mini-cooper. the men lived in oakland but police are not identifying him until his family has been notified. >> this week oakland police officers will resume foot patrols. officers will walk throughout business and shopping districts. acting chief darren allison and mayor shang towel announced it last tuesday to address safety concerns expressed by business owners and attract more shoppers. ama: less than a week ago the oakland mayor fired police chief armstrong. calls to reinstate him have grown louder. today the oakland naacp organized a rally. >> bring him back. >> bring him back!

reporter: calls to bring back leronne armstrong are growing louder by the day. >> we are not here just because he is a black man. we are here because he is a good man and a good cop. reporter: faith leaders joined the oakland naacp and hundreds of people showed up to support armstrong. >> we will continue to press the reinstatement of this chief. reporter: armstrong was terminated without cause by the oakland mayor, a month after the mayor placed him on paid leave after a federal report questioned lack of response surrounding misconduct by one of his sergeants. >> she took a hole out of my heart on black history month. she did a modern-day lynch our face. reporter: the oakland ncaa president shared this email from mayor tau's chie

promising she would meet with leaders before making a decision. adams says that meeting never happened. >> i feel it is a slap in our face. she did what she wanted to do. reporter: the opd has been under federal oversight for years. the federal -- they believe the former chief helped bring the department towards compliance. >> the chief is going to end up suing the city, costing millions of dollars. reporter: armstrong says he appreciates the community support. his spokesperson said, what other city in america is standing up for it's police chief like this. the mayor has a revolt on her hands. she has deprived oakland of a reform driven and accomplished police chief who earned trust by delivering on his promises. no sign of mayor shang t

at this event. a representative texted no comment. >> we must stand up and out because it's time to bring our chief back. in oakland, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. ama: things are nice outside but changes are on the way. for details, let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel. >> a big change in the weather. you will notice how nice it is outside on this presidents' day. pretty mild for most of us. on the coast in the 50's. changes coming as the system drops in from the north and will bring windy conditions, low snow levels, some showers and snow showers. and wind advisory goes up at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon until 1:00 p.m. wednesday, gusts between 45 and 50 miles an hour could down tree limbs and blow things around.

hour-by-hour, winds pick up tomorrow afternoon. 35 to 45 miles an hour. at 1:00 in the afternoon, you will notice 50 to over 60 mile an hour winds near the coast and higher elevations. gusty winds continue towards tuesday night and even into wednesday. that's just the beginning of the changes. i will be back with a closer look at the forecast, which does include snow over our local hills. dan: a 6.3 aftershock shook southern turkey today two weeks after a massive deadly earthquake. turkish government officials say eight people were hurt during the aftershock. the mayor of a town near where it hit said some buildings had collapsed and the mood was one of 10 big. the aftershock follows the deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake on february 6 that killed more than 46,000 people in turkey and

syria. ama: the white house says the u.s. informed russia about president biden's surprise visit today to kyiv shortly before he left for ukraine. president biden met with president zelenskyy ahead of the first anniversary of russia's invasion and announced another $500 million in aid. pres. biden: freedom is priceless. it is worth fighting for as long as it takes and that's how long we are going to be with you, as long as it takes. ama: after his visit, president biden returned to poland where he will meet with nato allies. he is scheduled to give a speech to rally worldwide support in warsaw. president biden's trip to ukraine hit home with people in the bay area. suzanne has more on what people are saying. suzanne: at a ukrainian restaurant in san francisco, this woman can find a taste of home, borscht, dumplings, and

more. after russia invaded ukraine, she fled to france for her safety. her parents and family are still in kyiv. >> all the time they listen to sirens. it's dangerous and they are afraid. suzanne: president biden's stop and ukraine is a big deal for many ukrainians. restaurant owner sergei still has family in kyiv and donetsk. >> it is a great move from president biden to confirm the support of the united states to ukraine. suzanne: the consul general of ukraine in san francisco said the visit could not have come at a better time. >> the two commanders have met in kyiv today on presidents' day in the united states, very symbolic. almost the year university -- anniversary. this war has brought a lot of death to ukraine.

each of us has someone who has already been killed. suzanne: the consul general says nearly 10 million people have left ukraine and about 100,000 refugees have found asylum in the united states. u.s. will send ukraine $.5 billion in aid. president biden says the u.s. will back ukraine as long as it takes. business owner sergei is grateful for president biden's unwavering support. >> once again, really appreciate what he is doing for my country. suzanne: sergei says his business continues to send money to support ukraine. they are announcing another fundraising effort that will mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the war. suzanne phan, abc 7 news. dan: a federal judge is expected to overturn color vendors -- overturn california's

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dan: this week a federal judge could again rule to overturn california's long-standing ban on assault weapons something governor newsom warned of earlier this month. liz kreutz has more on what that could mean for the sale of these weapons. liz: earlier this month governor gavin newsom warned that a federal judge could -- >> likely to overturn our assault weapons ban. liz: nearly three weeks later, that decision from judge bonita's, known for ruling against gun control laws, is believed immanent, potentially this week. rick travis is the legislative director for the california rifle and pistol association. he says if or when bonita has --

bonitez rules to overturn the ban, it does not mean those weapons will all of a sudden be legal. >> nothing is going to change for years liz: despite the legal battle, the ruling would be significant. although it will not be the first time judge bonitez will have ruled to overturn the van, it will be the first time since the supreme court decision that overturned a new york gun law and made it argue that -- made it easier to argue that laws restricting guns are unconstitutional. so you do believe this decision has given you a better chance. >> yes. liz: governor newsom condemned the new standards, which said gun-control laws can be found unconstitutional unless the government can show they are consistent with the historical tradition of firearms regulation back to the country's founding. newsom said it does not take into account how guns have evolved. >> presumably, somehow equating

ar-15's and other assault weapons to muskets. the whole thing is perverse. liz: is that new standard, -- is that new standard and a conservative supreme court that has bound gun rights advocates empowered to take on gun control laws. do you expect this will go to the supreme court? >> yeah, i think most of these laws in california, that's where they are going to be pushed. ama: armed at the airport. the tsa says agents confiscated a record number of guns last year at checkpoints across the country. >> every year we see more and more firearms being introduced. last year was the highest ever. the year before was 6000. calendar year 2022, 6500. ama: experts say the reflection of the growing number of americans carrying weapons. nearly everyone caught say they

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carter held office from 1981 se 39th president. he is both the longest living and longest lived. u.s. president dan: a san francisco restaurant owner is commemorating presidents' day with a reading of the january 6 report. the 16 hour reading began at 6:00 a.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. at manny's restaurant. state senator scott wiener and city attorney david chiu are among the scheduled readers. manny's owner says his restaurant is a civic and political gathering space. >> what happened on january 6 was mende result on our government and -- was an assault on our government and democracy. we wanted to inform the public and read this report. dan: manny's is livestreaming the reading on its facebook page. ama: we want to check out the weather because it is changing. dan: after a spectacular

weekend, we are getting some rain. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya: we definitely will get the rain, even some snow over the higher elevations. we are seeing plenty of sunshine right now. today's highs, upper 60's to low 70's, five to nine degrees above average. i hope you are enjoying the nice weather because gusty and cooler weather is starting tomorrow. we are looking at. of showers and snow wednesday and friday. it is a cold system that's going to drop down from the north and bring some major changes in our forecast. first beginning with cold, windy conditions tomorrow. winter weather advisory for lake and mendocino county, gusty winds, tomorrow 4:00 p.m. until thursday 4:00 p.m.

a live look at the east bay hills camera. mid to upper 60's from santa rosa to napa right now. it is 66 in concord and livermore. from mount tam, you are seeing plenty of sun at this hour but that is still changing. 64 san jose and half moon bay is at 94 degrees. this system is not going to have a lot of moisture but will have enough to where first we get some clouds, then we start to notice a few showers starting to drop down. towards wednesday, it's going to continue to skirt the coast, but we will see showers passing over land from time to time and there will be showers over the higher elevations wednesday night into thursday. this pattern continues not just through thursday but into friday. the sierra was picking up quite a bit of snow. i am going to take the rainfall

totals all the way to friday, anywhere from .4 engine land to just over an inch for the coast. winter storm warning for the sierra expected 10:00 a.m. tomorrow until 4:00 a.m. saturday. gusts 45 to 70 miles an hour, expecting two to three feet, up to four feet at the 5000 foot elevation. difficult to impossible travel. snow levels are going to crash down to the 1000 foot mark. don't be surprised if you see snow accumulating at very low elevations. we will see 1500 to 2000 feet, possibly dropping as low as 1000. morning temperatures tomorrow in the 40's, partly to mostly cloudy skies. it is windy tomorrow and you will notice the change in the air, mid-50's to low 60's. tomorrow it is back to longsleeved weather, and get out

your winter gear because changes are coming. the forecast went from windy and cooler to colder midweek to the latter part of the workweek. level 1 system wednesday, thursday, friday. mid 40's the low 50's for the highs. wintry mix with showers and snow showers, and over the weekend we cloud backup, but milder conditions in the afternoons. sunday night into monday, we are looking at another opportunity for some rain. ama: a section of northbound 680 is back open hours ahead of schedule. the first wave of vehicles drove across the newly paved lanes this afternoon. crews began work friday night, closing all northbound lanes between koopman road and sunil boulevard. this video shows crews at work, this video shows crews at work, which included pouring 7500 fe introducing astepro allergy.

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search abc 7 bay area. ama: celebrate community and culture this sunday for the black joy parade. stream at live sunday at 12:30. fo abc7news.com/blackjoy parade. dan: we have much more news ahead. ama: let's go to karina nova for a look at stories coming up at 5:30. >> i hope you enjoyed today's weather. big changes are headed our way. we will time out to the wind, cold, rain, and snow with spencer christian. a medical breakthrough for a man in germany living with hiv. the treatment that cured him and the global impact on hiv and aids patients. join us for those stories and more at 5:30. ama: you can download the abc 7 app or abc 7.com to join karina

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tonight, inside the secret trip into ukraine. president biden's historic visit. how they pulled this off, and who they warned just before they went in. nearly one year since the russian invasion of ukraine, president biden and president zelenskyy on the streets of kyiv. air raid sirens wailing in the background. president biden taking a ten-hour train ride from poland to kyiv, promising $500 million in new military aid. the president now on the eve of a major speech in europe. and all eyes on vladimir putin, too, and his own speech. how will putin respond? ian pannell live in ukraine tonight. mary bruce traveling with the president. also tonight, another deadly earthquake hitting turkey. several killed. hundreds more injured.