on sunday, matt horn's restaurant on mandela parkway was vandalized with graffiti. and then early this morning, his prep crew showed up to work only to find the building in ruins after a devastating fire. ktvu's crystal bailey joins us live in studio after speaking with horn. crystal horn barbecue is a michelin recognized restaurant on mandela parkway in west oakland. >> the owner, matt horn is well known to the oakland community. his employees were gearing up for a thanksgiving food drive before this happened. and horn says he's in shock and is questioning whether the fire was intentionally started. as matt horn stands in his kitchen now filled with rubble. >> i feel completely deflated. honestly me. >> the chef says he's shocked and heartbroken to see his first brick and mortar barbecue spot burned down. the walls once telling the story of his entrepreneurial endeavor. >> just walking around, looking at everything and then seeing the pictures, the family pictures burn up. oakland firefighters got the call from dispatch just after 415 in the morning. >> within thre

it is close to the edge of memorial park near mandela parkway. you can see thick, black smoke billowing into the air. the fire was quickly knocked out. there were no injuries, but it's unclear how many tiny homes may have been impacted. >>> let's look at the radar this midday. in addition to everything happening with apec, today we're tracking another round of rain. meteorologist kari hall has been timing out your full microclimate forecast hour by hour. how is it looking for us now? >> at least the rain we've seen so far has been pretty light. it's not having a big impact on us here. but we've seen some rounds of light rain and a mostly cloudy sky, and some of the heavier rains still well offshore along with lightning strikes we're starting to see here, picking up in the past couple of hours. this will eventually work its way into the bay area and more widespread rain expected for the afternoon. right now we're seeing a wave of showers moving through the south bay and into the east bay. we've also seen some rain up around santa rosa, into the na

along mandela parkway. our chopper shows the aftermath. you see the restaurant is charred. fire investigation is under. way. no reports of injuries. >>> ending her three decade career at the end of her term as she was elected to the house of representatives back in 1992 after serving on san mateo board of supervisors for a decade. the district covers santa clara county and san mateo county. and this week, looking to give hundreds of families a holiday meal. 200 volunteers are part of the food distribution. people will receive turkey and other staples ahead of thanksgiving. they are seeing a 30% increase in the demand. all compared to previous years also dealing with a drop in donations. >>> cbs news bay area is teaming up with food banks to help. you can learn how to donate food and money and volunteer your time. you can use the qr code at the bottom of your screen. we will have the graphic here or head to our website at kpix.com/give. >>> first alert weather. tracking conditions as we move closer to thanksgiving. here is our meteorologist darren peck with the thanksgiving

. >> it happened just after 4:00 this morning at the restaurant located on mandela parkway in west oakland. >> the fire department is investigating, of course, but the owner thinks he may have been targeted since the fire happened just two days after he made a scathing instagram post about vandals who tagged the building with graffiti. >> abc7 news reporter anser hassan has the latest from the owner. when matt horn arrived at his restaurant, horn barbecue on tuesday morning this is what he found. >> this breaks my heart. it really does. in and it's tough. the oakland fire department says the fire broke out after 4 a.m. >> horn says he's still assessing the damage which destroyed the kitchen and damaged the venting system which cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars to install. >> i hear a lot of people say, well, you know, welcome to oakland. this is oakland. no business owner should have to deal with having their business and having their property destroyed. >> i don't know if we can call it a total loss. >> michael hunt with the oakland fire department says they're reviewing surveilla

qué causó que esta madrugada a nivel local se incendiara el restaurante barbecue, ubicado en mandela parkwayel fuego se vio en la parte trasera del restaurante y en el ático. este incidente golpea nuevamente en pocos días a ese local porque justo el lunes sospechosos vandalizó el sitio con grafiti e intentaron irrumpir en el remolque de comida, que también tiene, mientras que en san francisco, una icónica heladería logró abrir sus puertas tras haber sido vandalizada presuntamente por motivaciones racistas. >> fue gracias al apoyo de la comunidad que la heladería smitten hizo. crem volvió a abrir sus puertas luego que la semana pasada la fachada del establecimiento fuera cubierta con pintura en aerosol. según la policía, pudo tratarse de un crimen de odio, ya que la dueña del negocio es judía. el hecho está bajo investigación. >> tras la pausa le contamos el caso de los textos racistas de algunos oficiales de la ley que han desencadenado múltiples acusaciones contra la policía de antioch. escucharán a presuntas víctimas de abuso policial que exigen justicia e ingresaban droga a una cárcel. >>

horn barbecue on mandela parkway was in flames when firefighters arrived. just after 4:00 this morning. the fire destroyed the kitchen. it happened just one day after the owner took to instagram and blasted people who tagged the building under audibly. frustrated matt horn spoke with abc seven news about he and other small businesses that are fed up with being victimized. >> i hear a lot of people say, well, you know, welcome to oakland. this is oakland. no business owner should have to deal with having their business and having their property destroyed. this breaks my heart. it really does it and it's tough. yeah >> investigators are looking at surveillance footage for leads. horn says his employees will keep working full time hours at his two other restaurants in oakland. you know, we see it every year. fire officials putting out a major warning about turkey cooking techniques, but it always bears repeating. sacramento fire officials led their annual demonstration today showing what could happen if you don't use safe methods. thanksgiving of course, just

horn barbecue on mandela parkway was in flames when firefighters arrived.s morning. the fire destroyed the kitchen. it happened just one day after the owner took to instagram and blasted people who tagged the building under audibly. frustrated matt horn spoke with abc seven news about he and other small businesses that are fed up with being victimized. >> i hear a lot of people say, well, you know, welcome to oakland. this is oakland. no business owner should have to deal with having their business and having their property destroyed. this breaks my heart. it really does it and it's tough. yeah >> investigators are looking at surveillance footage for leads. horn says his employees will keep working full time hours at his two other restaurants in oakland. you know, we see it every year. fire officials putting out a major warning about turkey cooking techniques, but it always bears repeating. sacramento fire officials led their annual demonstration today showing what could happen if you don't use safe methods. thanksgiving of course, just a couple of days awa

a pillar of generosity in the community, even if he can't serve his barbecue from his spot on mandela parkway anymore. and at his third annual turkey giveaway today, it became a gathering of people in need and people in support with the hope that horn will rise from the ashes is just a day after their barbecue restaurant partially burned down, the horn family is still serving food. >> this is our third annual turkey giveaway, and usually we'll do a hot meal despite the kitchen being out of commission, they had frozen turkeys pies donated by edith's pies, water and stove top stuffing to give away to families in need. so he's been community first with us. >> yeah, i was just thinking about how i was going to get a turkey there. you know, they're like 50 something. and then i was driving by and i saw this and man, this made my day when it's open horn barbecue is known for providing leftovers to nearby unhoused communities. >> at the end of the day, they're still giving as the place is burning. many recipients jumped in to help them set up. >> i wanted to give a hand on giving out the meals and a

it happened just after 4:00 this morning at the restaurant on mandela parkway in west oakland.now the owner thinks he may have been targeted since the fire happened just two days after he made a scathing instagram post about vandals who tagged the building with graffiti. abc7 news reporter anser hassan has the latest from the owner. >> when matt horn arrived at his restaurant horn barbecue on tuesday morning, this is what he found. >> this breaks my heart. it really does. and it's tough. yeah >> the oakland fire department says the fire broke out after 4 a.m. >> horn says he's still assessing the damage which destroyed the kitchen and damaged the venting system which cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars to install. >> i hear a lot of people say, well, you know, welcome to oakland. this is oakland. no business owner should have to deal with having their business and having their property destroyed. >> i don't know if we can call it a total loss. >> michael hunt with the oakland fire department says they're reviewing surveillance video and talking with nearby businesses as p

arsonist or in barbecue on mandela parkway was in flames when firefighters arrived early yesterday morningkitchen is destroyed inside now. the fire happened just one day after the owner took to instagram and blasted people who tagged the building. understandably frustrated. matt horne spoke with abc7 news saying he and other local business owners are fed up with being victimized. >> i hear a lot of people say, well, you know, welcome to oakland, this is oakland. no business owners should have to deal with having their business and having their property destroyed. this breaks my heart. it really does. and it's tough to investigate. >> owners are looking at surveillance footage for leads. horne says his employees will keep working full time hours at his two other restaurants in oakland, a popular san francisco ice cream shop that was vandalized. and what police are investigating as a hate crime is now back open and the owner is spreading love. two men smashed the windows of jewish owned smitten in the mission district last month. they spray painted free palestine and out the mission on it wi

and barbecue on mandela parkway was up in flames when firefighters arrived early yesterday morning. kitchen destroyed or i should say the kitchen is destroyed. and it happened just one day after the owner took to instagram and blasted people who tagged the building. understandably frustrated. matt horne spoke with abc seven news saying he and other local businesses are fed up with being victimized. >> i hear a lot of people say, well, you know, welcome to oakland. this is oakland. no business owners should have to deal with having their business and having their property destroyed. this breaks my heart. it really does. and it's tough. yeah >> investigators are looking at surveillance footage for leads. horne says his employees will keep working full time hours at his two other restaurants in oakland. >> i hate to see that a popular san francisco ice cream shop that was vandalized in what police are investigating is a hate crime is now back open and the owner is hoping to spread love to men. smashed the windows of jewish owned smitten in the mission district last month. they spray pa

crystal >> well, as you mentioned, horn barbecue is a michelin recognized restaurant on mandela parkway in west oakland. the owner, matt horn, is well known to the oakland community. his employees were gearing up for a thanksgiving food drive right before this happened. and horn says he's shocked to learn of the fire just a couple of days before his property was tagged with graffiti. he tells ktvu no one was cooking on the property and theire did not originate in the kitchen, calling to question whether he's been a target of arson. as matt horn stands in his kitchen now filled with rubble. >> i feel completely deflated, honestly. >> the chef says he's shocked and heartbroken to see his first brick and mortar barbecue spot

call early this morning and responded within minutes to find the backside of the building on mandela parkway in west oakland in flames. this comes just a couple of days after the restaurant was vandalized with graffiti. matt horn is the owner of the renowned barbecue spot. he said he was shocked to learn about the fire. he tells ktvu no one was cooking on the property and the fire did not originate in the kitchen. >> it's kind of hard to think about moving forward, and at this point, i'm not a quitter or anything like that. but it's exhausting, you know, waking up every day, you knowhaving to fight just to be able to serve a community. >> the cause of the fire is now under investigation. horn has been accused of iling to pay his employees on time and failing to pay a meat supplier. coming up tonight at 6:00, ktvu's crystal bailey will share the owner's response to those allegations. >> tonight, three juveniles are under arrest in connection with a break in at a marijuana dispensary. this happened just after 3:00 this morning at the floor dispensary on courthouse drive in union city. police s