Pastor while authorities searched for answers. And if youre driving in San Francisco this weekend, you might come across some street closures. Its all because the popular bay to breakers race is back. Good morning everybody. Its saturday, may 18th. Im stephanie sierra. Lisa is here with your saturday forecast. Yeah. Good morning. I use my wipers. Theres mist and drizzle out there with some dense fog, especially along the shoreline and the fog or the low clouds have made their way into our inland valley so it is cloudy. Concord livermore, all over the bay area. And as we look at the current numbers right now, 56 in fremont, good morning to you. It is 53 San Francisco and up to the north bay. Some low 50s. So temperatures fairly uniform with that deck of low clouds extending, extending inland as it expanded last night, a couple degrees milder with that. And well look for temperatures to come up slowly today, with the drizzle and the clouds pushing back to the coast. So as we get into noontime it will be brighter 60s and 70s bay and inland, and â– well look for another breezy afternoon, a warm up on the way for bay to breakers on sunday. Stephanie. Lisa. Thank you. Just hours from now, San Francisco mayor london breed is kicking off her Reelection Campaign at the fillmore. Breed is expected to share more about her vision for another term as mayor. Special guests will also appear when being the former giants announcer renel brooksmoon. She is running against supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai, along with daniel lurie and former interim mayor mark farrell. Breeds. Event begins at 10 00 this morning. Also this morning, thousands of students at Sonoma State University will walk the stage and graduate the Commencement Services come one day after the schools president announced hes retiring. Mike lee was put on administrative leave wednesday for insubordination. Lee reached a controversial agreement with propalestinian student protesters without proper approval. He apologized, but in his original message, he endorsed student activism, protest and dissent csu chancellor Mildred Garcia issued a statement saying, quote, president mingtang mike lee has informed me of his decision to retire from his role. I thank president lee for his years of service to the california State University system. The University System is trying to get the state to stop what it calls an illegal strike. A union for uc workers authorized the strike earlier this week over how the University System has handled these propalestine protests on campus. The uc system says the strike would be in violation of the United Auto Workers contract. Uaw does represent uc employees. The College System is asking a state board to issue a cease and desist. Uc santa cruz workers are said to be the first to walk off the job come monday. You can stay with us for continuing coverage of the College Campus protests here in the bay area and across the nation. Get the very latest anytime at abc seven news. Com. Abc seven news is following the story of an Oakland Church that went up in flames one week ago this morning. Were hearing from the pastor and his mother as the investigation takes a turn. It happened on 27th and west streets while the congregation was preparing for services. Abc seven News ReporterTara Campbell has more from investigators on why its deemed suspicious. Its inside the remainder of the church. Its all its just smoke damage. Pastor robert lacey is talking about the devastating damage to saint Andrew Missionary Baptist Church in west oakland. This was the scene one week ago. A fire started outside on the property, spreading to the church where the pastor and parishioners were inside rehearsing for services. Myself in one of the other parishioners thought it was small enough for us to fight it, and at that point windows started exploding inside and we it was time to leave. Its time to go. The Oakland Fire Department telling us they believe the start of the fire is suspicious and that they are still investigating. Were just at a point now where, you know, were still numb to the fact that the fire was set. It wasnt because of any structural errors or whatever. And now theyre trying to salvage what they can of the designated landmark. It was nominated. I believe, in 2007. Okay, to be a historic landmark because of the significance of the building. The church was built in 1910 to house African American oaklanders displaced by the 1906 earthquake. Later becoming a home to the black Panther Movement and more recently serving as a school which did encounter some scandal. It now serves a small congregation. Do you have any reason to believe anybody, like why anybody would want to do this . No, im just this this this is a this is an area prone to, you know, this kind of activity. It was just a total shock, i couldnt believe that this was really taking place. Elizabeth curry is the mother of pastor lacey and has a long history with the church. So you dont you dont see anybody who would want to do this or have a reason to do this on purpose. No, not at all. I never even dreamed of such a thing. The pastor turning his focus to restoring what they can as fast as they can. But theyre seniors that take advantage of the computer lab. Community members that fill out applications. They come here for support, and now we cant provide that support because of what has happened. So were moving as fast as we can to at least get ourselves back. Tara campbell, abc seven news the man who attacked paul pelosi with a hammer will spend decades in prison. A federal judge sentenced david depape to 30 years over the assault on then House SpeakerNancy Pelosis husband at the couples home in San Francisco back in 2022. Todays sentence reflects David Depapes lack of remorse and contrition for violently assaulting mr. Pelosi. A jury convicted depape back in november of the assault on paul pelosi and attempting to kidnap speaker emerita nancy pelosi, though she ended up not being home. Prosecutors wanted a 40 year sentence for the crime. The defense argued for 14 years in court. Pelosis daughter read letters from her parents, saying her father still suffers from dizziness and headaches. Depapes exwife says they plan to appeal with his son, describing it as a death sentence for the 44 year old. I think thats a really long time because if you think about it right, hes already nearly 50. Hes hes basically its just a death sentence. Depape is still facing state charges. Hes pleaded not guilty in that case. Facing other charges, including attempted murder. His trial in state court is set for next week. Being a mail carrier in the bay area is becoming an increasingly dangerous job. They are becoming targets for people looking to steal their keys and swipe mail, which can lead to all sorts of financial crimes. Abc seven News ReporterLauren Martinez has a look at this rising crime. Thieves are targeting letter carriers for their mailbox keys. Palo alto police and the u. S. Postal service are investigating a strong Armed Robbery that happened at this apartment complex off middlefield road on thursday, police said. The carrier was approached by two men who demanded his postal keys. When they then asked for his wallet and cell phone, a fight ensued and then the suspects fled towards the parking garage. These incidents do turn really needlessly violent, so this is not something that carriers should have to be worried about. Their job is already physically and mentally demanding. U. S. Postal inspector Matthew Norfleet said. This is not the most recent incident. Over the weekend, two arrests were made after mail carriers were robbed in belmont and palo alto. And in these cases, were seeing the robbers are also traveling across the bay area using cars that were stolen in the sacramento area, according to the analysis by the abc seven Data Journalism team. In 2023, there were 145 postal robberies in california, approximately 61 occurred in the bay area. The people who steal mail are criminals. They are dangerous. When we catch up with them, theyre often armed. Back at the apartment complex in palo alto, residents had no idea a mail carrier had been robbed. On thursday, we spoke with one man who walks regularly to a nearby park. Im very surprised. I would say i never heard about it in all my all my time that im here in palo alto. I never heard about any of this type of thing. In light of these robberies, police are asking the public to keep a watchful eye out for carriers and their Postal Service vehicles. We usually do see the cars the robbers are using follow the carriers for a ways before they get ready to do the robbery. Looking looking for that opportunity, the Postal Inspection Service offers a significant reward of up 150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in palo alto. Lauren martinez abc seven news happening now if youre heading to wine country this weekend, you may want to plan to allow some extra time. Eastbound highway 37 from sears port in Sonoma County to highway 29 in vallejo is closed right now for repaving work. The detour you can see on the map is the green line. There. It is scheduled to reopen at 5 00 monday morning. This is the last scheduled closure of the highway down in big sur. Highway one is open for the first time in about six weeks. Caltrans posted this video showing traffic on a section of highway one that was closed after that partial collapse. Its going to be one way traffic for a while because the southbound lane is still being fixed. This reopening comes eight days ahead of schedule. A permanent repair is still in the design phase. The highway is still closed at pauls slide on the south end of big sur. All right, lets get you outside with lisa. Good morning. Good morning. 53 San Francisco. It is 55. In oakland, 57 in san jose, with the clouds all around the bay area, even some mist and drizzle closer to the coast. And were going to see a kind of a cool day today. A lot like yesterday. The breezy winds, a lot of sunshine except at the coast. And then were going to bring in the sunshine for the second half of the weekend, even at our beaches. Ill have the full details coming up next with my accuweather seven day forecast. Lisa, thank you. Also coming up, we have new warnings about a resurgence of mpox. Whats triggering that message from the cdc . Then the plan to bring some pandas to the San Francisco zoo faces a new hurdle. Why . City leaders are saying not so fast better in as little as 2 weeks. And when you can breathe better, what isnt better . This is better. This is better. Thats better. And that. Even this. Dupixent is an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. It works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. Thats pretty good dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its proven to help prevent asthma attacks. It can reduce or even eliminate oral steroids. And doesnt that make things better . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Tell your doctor right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain or a parasitic infection. 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This video corroborates allegations made in a since settled lawsuit that combs physically abused her for years. Combs has denied those allegations. Now, abc news has not independently verified this video and has reached out to combs representatives for further comment. Following the release of the diddy video, the National Domestic violence hotline saw a spike in calls and chat requests. It posted a message on its website saying people should expect longer than usual wait times to talk to someone. And your health news. Now the cdc is warning about a resurgence of mpox, the Infectious Disease formerly known as monkeypox. The alert comes ahead of pride events around the world, which start on june 1st. Mpox spreads to thousands of gay and bisexual men around the world in 2022, and the cdc says theres currently an epidemic of an Even Deadlier version of the disease in the democratic republic of congo. So far, no new cases have been identified outside of africa. Anyone at risk is being urged to get vaccinated. Here at home, mayor london breeds plans to bring pandas to San Francisco have hit a roadblock. She shot, she thought. Rather, she sealed the deal during a trip to china last month. But a board of Supervisors Committee is now rejecting her fundraising plans. Abc seven News Reporter tim johns has been following this story and has a look at the political fight. The push to make two pandas, San Franciscos newest residents, has officially stalled. On thursday, a committee of the board of supervisors reject the fundraising proposal put forward by mayor london breed supervisor dean preston, who chairs that committee, says amendments need to be made to the proposal before he would support it. We do need to make sure we have the information to prevent actual conflicts of interest here and make sure that this is all being done transparently. Preston isnt the only one criticizing the mayors plan. Supervisor asha sapphire, who is running against breed in novembers election, tells us he thinks the mayors fundraising plans are a distraction from the cuts the city is making amid a budget crisis. In the same week youre announcing all these cuts to major programs that have been a vital, vital delivery of services in our city. Youre announcing those cuts while at the same time youre like, look over here. On friday, breed responding to some of the pushback her office sending a statement to abc seven news, which reads in part post opponents of a vote or requests for amendments are not uncommon, and the Mayors Office will work on amendments based on the feedback from supervisors. But concerns are being raised about more than just the fundraising effort. Some are also worried about whether the San Francisco zoo can actually accommodate the pandas. That includes justin barker, the head of a Watchdog Group called sf zoo watch. Theres animal neglect, animals escaping their cages, and this is decades long issues. Barker says the zoo has been mismanaged for years and is in desperate need of repairs. He tells us that even if the city can get funding, he doesnt think the zoo will be able to actually take care of the pandas at this point, that this zoo is not meeting the needs of its animals, and bringing pandas here is a terrible decision. In response, the San Francisco zoo sent abc seven news a statement which reads in part, concerns about our zoos conditions are unfounded as we undergo regular inspections by various regulatory bodies. These independent inspections are thorough and encompass aspects such as animal enclosures and exhibit spaces, breeds fundraising proposal will rely solely on donations to bring the pandas to the city and not taxpayer money. In San Francisco. Tim johns, abc seven news. The california fish and Game Commission voted this week to ban in river salmon fishing. The ban will affect sacramento area rivers and klamath basin. This comes after the amount of chinook salmon returning to spawn sharply dropped by 40 just over the last year. It is the second year in a row that the state has banned in river salmon fishing. The salmon fishing ban is expected to go into effect officially before july 1st. Happening tomorrow. Some people are getting ready for San Franciscos famed bay to breakers race. Expect to see some fun and wacky costumes, or perhaps nothing at all. We all know that happens as thousands of runners hit the pavement tomorrow. The city is counting on the event to be a huge economic boost because it attracts many out of town visitors. Its going to run it, but now i think i might just walk it just to like, enjoy the sights. We did it once a couple of years ago and it was fun, so yeah, its just nice to be back in San Francisco. You can be naked in it.