We are still looking what happened, and hopefully nobody is going to get hurt and we can go forward with with the backing of our community. While the sanctuary was destroyed the rectory is and ano other so are other buildings. Firefighters will be here for a while. Only one firefighter has a minor injury. A new fbi report shows in 2013, oakland topped the nation in robberies for the third year in a row. It appears crime is actually way down this year. Cornell bernard is live from the east bay with details. Reporter youre right. The streets of oakland are getting a bit safer. Last year that was not the case where an average of 14 robberies were happening every day. The new mayor of oakland calls it outrageous and has a plan to bring crime numbers down. Christopher perryman is busy with clients at Center Stage Salon on lake shore avenue inch recent years this business has been forced to take precautions. We lock the door. When it gets dark. Because of brazen robberies happening at all ho
With not a moment to spare good evening. The Holy Cross Parish is on jackson street, two blocks east of north tenth street. Lillian kim is there live with the details. Reporter many of the surrounding streets are still blocked off. This is a major fire. Four alarms that brought in 100 firefighters. The call came in richard 2 20 p. M. Smartly after the Holy Cross Parish churched finished up its 1 00 mass. No one was in the building. The flames spread fast. The church is made of heavy timber so crews couldnt get a handle on the flames and went into defensive mode and let the building burn. The church gutted by flames. The congress degree make is made up of 600 families, diverse congregation, mass is held inening lischspanish, and italian. Parishioners have been going to this church for decades and are heartbroken. I made my first holy commonon mere, my kid were baptized here. What is it like seeing it like this . I hate to see it go down 40 years of my life, for my church. Got to start a
To the church. Many have attended services for decades and are heart broken. My kids made their first Holy Communion here. I did. Whats it like seeing it like this . I hate to see go down 40 years of my life, my church. But that will start all over again. The sanctuary was destroyed but the rectory is okay. The pastor says services can temporarily be held in another building on church grounds. A new fbi report shows in 2013 oakland stopped the nation in robberies for the third year in a row. Though it appears crime is actually down this year. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has more. Reporter Christopher Perryman is busy at Center Stage Salon on oakland blake shore avenue. In recent years this longtime business has been forced to take precautions. We lock the door. When it gets back outside. Reporter thats because of brazen robberies happening at all hours during the day. The people are beginning to get bold. Theyre running in and running out. Reporter this woman says she was robbe