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FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd, after their Telegraph Avenue building went up in flames last month. The temple is just 12 walking blocks away from FAME's charred structure. By Carla Thomas FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd, after their Telegraph Avenue building went up in flames last month. The temple is just 12 walking blocks away from FAME's charred str...

The Jewish News of Northern California

On Sunday night, February 19 a 3-alarm fire ripped through the First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church, near Telegraph and MacArthur in Oakland. Flames engulfed the rooftop and much of the interior of the oldest church in Oakland. Firefighters said it was such a challenge to put out the fire from the inside, that they retreated to the exterior while extinguishing the fire for five hours. | By Carla Thomas On Sunday night, February 19 a 3-alarm fire ripped through the First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church, near Telegraph and MacArthur in Oakland. Flames engulfed the rooftop an...

A Jewish temple in Oakland is offering the East Bay's oldest Black church a safe haven and place to worship after a devastating fire.

West Plains, MO. - Court documents that were released on Tuesday state the suspect that possessed a pipe bomb in Howell County on Sunday had mundane plans for its contents. Rodney D. Smith of Pomona was arrested on Sunday by the Howell County Sheriff following a 9-1-1 call about Smith being unconscious in a vehicle on County Road 5130. Smith was initially arrested for driving while suspended but, an investigation uncovered a pipe bomb in the vehicle. The device was safely disposed of by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Bomb Squad. Smith has since been charged with unlawful possession, transp...