See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Get down, get down. Get out, get out. Stand still. Terror in texas as a gunman steals a post Office Vehicle and goes on a mass driveby shooting spree leaving several people dead. Im eric thomas, dion is off tonight. At last check five people died in the shooting, including the shooter. 21 people were injured in states second mass shooting in a month. It all started with a traffic stop. Reporter a chaotic scene in neighboring texas cities of odessa and midland after Law Enforcement says a gunman began shooting. Shot by Police Outside a Movie Theater in odessa after a massive response from Law Enforcement. White male in mid30s. Reporter traffic stop, reportedly firing at officer before driving off. Midland posted to facebook page, saying believe two shooters in two vehicles. Apparently the suspect abandoned his vehicle and stole a mail truck. Had the original vehicle and mail truck. At one point didnt know it was the same person. Reporter authorities now believe it was one person. Once this individual was taken out of the picture, there are no more victims. Reporter urged to stay indoors, schools advised to shelter in place. This mans boss among those shot. Unreal what these guns are doing, crazy people. Blows my mind. Reporter victims being treated at two area hospitals. Hospital has staged an area for the families. We have counsellors, grief counsellors, social workers with the families trying to provide them support. Reporter victims now being treated at two area hospitals. Among the injured, three Law Enforcement officers. On twitter ted cruz and john cornyn offering thoughts and prayers saying they stand with the people in the community. Abc news, new york. Fairmont hotel in san jose is open again after evacuated. Hazmat team sent in to clear floor of toxic chemicals in what may have been death by suicide. Anser has more. You can see the hotel has opened back up. 19th floor remains closed. Air in the hotel and area is not toxic. San jose police are now in charge of the ongoing investigation. Total of seven Staff Members and two motel guests had to be decontame nated after toxic chemicals were found on the 19th floor. Initial reports were saying that somebody attempted suicide using chemicals. Reporter in email to abc7 news, confirmed death by suicide, victim adult female. Chemicals were found in her room. What they are or how many, i dont know. Hazard was contained to one room. Reporter in email to abc7 news the hotel says we continue to work closely with local ems and our own safety officials to ensure the safety and security of guests and employees. Captain mattlo says people were investigated, roads closed for hours, more than 100 First Responders and local Law Enforcement officials were called to the scene. Guests finally allowed back late this afternoon. Only issue is a bad odor that is not dangerous and the hotel is working diligently to get rid of it, putting fresh air into the building. Reporter came out for party held at hotel. Does feel uneasy about partying at hotel where a woman died but wanted to enjoy the function. Today also in texas there was a shooting. Life goes on. Reporter fire captain says one of the issues making it difficult to identify the victim is may have checked in using alyas, dont know when 19th floor will be reopened. Guests at fairmont say saturday morning changed instantly due to the hazmat situation. Cornell barnard has that part of the story. Reporter fire alarm blaring. Told us to evacuate level 20 and 19. Reporter from australia, heard it on the p. A. System. Still in bed actually, dressed up, rushed out of the room. Saw a few running. No idea what was going on and everything going on nowadays, could be anything, i was a bit scared. Reporter mother and daughte investigators say hazardous smelt like kind of gas or Something Like that, not too sure. Reporter by the afternoon two floors were evacuated. I just want to get my sunglasses to enjoy the city. Reporter some guests couldnt return to rooms even not on the floors affected. Had been blissfully ignorant until we came out. Hotel has done amazing job, such professionals, keeping us comfortable. Reporter long waiting game for guests on holiday weekend. Cornell barnard, abc7 news. If you or someone you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, find your hricadorian, monster storm, space station went over it revealing the eye. About to hit the bahamas, after that up in the air. Tells us theyre bracing for the worst along the florida coast. Reporter good evening from plm beach county, florida, raining on and off this evening, currently under a Tropical Storm watch. Current track is better than the alternative but still takes that monster storm way too close for anyones comfort. It is summer in florida but everyday seasonal showers took on new meaning today, whetting appetite for what lurks off the coast. Beautiful day. Reporter canceled vacation and spent all of yesterday preparing for dorian. But forecast whiplash, salvaged Labor Day Weekend with trip to the beach. You spend time preparing, setting up house, making plans, reporter much of the state has had days top get out. Jam packing Highway Service stations to escape a storm that may never come here. Were unanimous about the devastation. Still making landfall. Becoming incredibly powerful. Two whole days and still in it. Reporter but this morning floridians woke to the news that might miss the state altogether. Pummelling the bahamas before turning north to the carolinas. With a storm this slow, almost impossible to predict. Just as shifted east, could move back west. Bump in one direction or other could have significant ramifications in terms of impact. You never know what the storm can do. Im not a weather person but you have to prepare. Reporter so good news and bad news. Good news, had so much time to prepare. Bad news, still so much more time for this storm to change course again. Dell ray beach, florida, abc7 news. Meteorologist drew tuma has been keeping track of this, behooves people to prepare for dorian. Several states up to North Carolina need to keep watch of the storm. Latest from the National Hurricane center still has category 4 hurricane, winds 150 peppers, moving west, getting close to the western bahamas. Latest track, sits over parts of the bahamas for 24 plus hours before turns potentially north. But parallel the coastline, so florida to North Carolina needs to keep tabs on the Tropical Storm you watch. Keep track of Hurricane Dorian with the abc7 news app, download and enable push alerts for breaking news updates as they happen. Still ahead, melee breaks bs out in san jose outside of several bars. Several Police Officers have been hurt. How it happened. Going extra mile for 300. Ultra swimmer made it to san fran sleep number 360 smart bed. St sale of the year on a you can adjust your comfort on both sides your sleep number setting. Can it help keep us asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. And snoring . No problem. And done. So you can really promise better sleep. Not promise. Prove. And now, all beds are on sale its the last chance to save 50 on the sleep new at 11 00, crowd of more than 50 people attacked san jose Police Officers early this morning before bars were closing in downtown san jose. Some of the chaos was caught on camera, luz pena was at the scene, has the latest from the Police Association and witnesses. Reporter the san jose Police Officers association described the scene as chaotic, multiple officers called for backup to control the scene. Four injured. Seriously fighting with the cops. Reporter crowd of more than 50 people caught on the video exchanging words. According to the San Jose Police officer association, many challenged officers to fight. Punched in the head. Many struggles with officers, four being arrested. Chaos. Reporter Police Confirmed that multiple officers were issuing citations for Drinking Alcohol in public for people on market and santa clara streets when unrelated crowd approached the officers. Saw the altercation from business across the street. For the most part, drunk people acting irrationally. Reporter said commotion started when man pulled out gun and san jose Police Officers tried to arrest him. Restraint and composure that the officers had to get on scene not to get into shooting and take him into custody without that individual being shot or is incredible. Reporter witness said the crowd was bigger than the officers who built a perimeter to control the area. Saw them pushing. Saw them take out batons, couple people did get hit with batons. Reporter four people, including the individual with the gun were arrested. Pushing for passage of senate bill s1480, protecting officers by making assault towards them a federal crime. Abc7 news. Pitbull puppy stolen in breakin to shelter this weekend has been found. Woman found the dog abandoned in east oakland. Family dog rescue shared these pictures, shelter immediately said the dog sounded like the one taken. Two others found in hayward thursday and two suspects arrested. Worldrenowned ultra swimmer made way under bay bridge from hawaii. More than 300 nautical miles. 79 days in the pacific to highlight the perils of plastic itter in the ocean. Ptse ocean, along the california coast. Lots of household products and microplastics. On the surface or in the water column. Ambassador for ice breaker, ethical clothing line, many of the plastics in the ocean are from synthetic plastic. Warm start to the holiday weekend. 80s and 90s in warmest spots and tomorrow will continue. Live doppler 7 with satellite showing you any cloud cover is far from the coastline. Its a really clear night, take you to the exploratorium camera, plenty of stars up above, mild night ak wa accuweather highlights. Lot of cities will stay in the 60s next 12 hours, another hot afternoon on the way for lot of us, even along the coastline, feel the warm weather with the absence of the marine layer. Cooler pattern next were but still warm weather will stick for the entire holiday weekend. Right now nice but little bit warm. 70 in san jose, 64 in santa rosa. San mateo, 66 degrees. Overnight, minimal, patchy fog around half moon bay. Otherwise plenty of stars for majority of the region and mild in a lot of cities, low to mid60s, oakland, san jose, antioch, concord overnight. Creates launching pad for warm, hot day tomorrow. Live doppler 7 along with satellite, big area of High Pressure over the Four Corners Building over the weekend. Supplying warm weather across much of california, pattern is not changing next couple of days. Will also compress our marine layer. Cloud forecast next couple of hours, any patchy fog around half moon bay, thats about it. So sunny start from the getgo and sun efficient at warming us up quickly tomorrow afternoon. Highs in the microclimate. 89 san jose, sunnyvale up to 77. 83 redwood city, 80 in san mateo. Downtown San Francisco, lot of sunshine, warm, 72 the high in daly city. In santa rosa, 92 in sonoma and san rafael. East bay, sunshine, 86 newark and 87. 100 in fairfield, 96 in concord. 98 the high in brentwood. Accuweather sevenday forecast, by wednesday morning fog, drizzle, temperatures near if not below average by friday in to saturday. Weve lost a valued member of the abc7 news family and close personal friend. Veteran video journalist died at 71. Lawrence spent years at abc7 news on first name basis with mayors, Police Chiefs and Community Leaders in San Francisco, treated everyone with equal grace regardless of status. One of the smartest, most socially conference men i ever knew, leaves behind a son so that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. 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Cal students soaking up sun, bright berkeley day. Opening kickoff, ashton davis fumbles. Aggies recover and score first ten points. 100 on own turf. Battle back. Chris brown, big day on the ground, moved the chains, then drive from five yards out. 197 on the ground. Cal wins. 16 of 28, 238. Wobbly but going your way its going your way, crawford there for the second score. Cal wins. Big test at washington, duck, oregon and auburn, 1116 in dallas. Justin herbert scrambling, webb grabs it easy. Duckies. But auburn comes back, finds williams, 26yard score. Auburn scored 21 unanswered to take the lead. Here. Pac12s playoff chances take a big hit, lose to auburn, sports report sponsored by river rock casino. Son at that game . Havent answered his calls right . Not yet. Wait until tomorrow. Much more to come. 30 days of protest came to close outside i. C. E. Headquarters in San Francisco. Change activists still want to see. Justice ruth bader has been excellent. 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Hurricane dorian is closing in on the bahamas, category 4 storm, forecasts have shifted the path, curving northwest and could brush by florida and hit thearolinas. Snell and rosenbaum avenue where the crash happened, a jeep smashed into a tree, killing two people inside. Jeep was racing with gray bmw before it crashed. Three men inside the bmw took off after viewing the crash scene. Neighbors heard the screeching, went out to help, it was too late. Saw the car was on fire, ran back to the house, told daughter to call 911, came back out, saw several civilians had been around the car and were trying to put out the fire. Reporter she said her neighbors in san jose ended up putting the fire using their extinguishers. Protesters gathered outside of i. C. E. Headquarters in San Francisco demanding the closure of Detention Centers along the border. Then held a party to celebrate a month full of activism. Abc7 news was there for the final event for month of momentum, 30 days of action to close the camps. I. C. E. Detaining more than 30,000 immigrants and asylum seekers. Say theyre allowed to be here. Relatives traveling north are indigenous to the land, have every right to be here, right to be on territory thats always been ancestral land. Those who toured say denied soap and showers. Trump administration largely denies the allegations. Straight pride parade in boston got plenty of pushback today. Scene down one of the streets. Organized by group called super happy fun america. Says theres nothing wrong with celebrating sexual orientation. Demonstrators gathered several hours before. One said organizers have ties to White Supremacy and antiimmigration movements. United air