Details. Larry . Ama, dan, the coronavirus shut down sports for months. The nba restarted in a bubble, but that bubble may be about to burst. Maybe it already did. Not sure tonight. But the lakers and the clippers voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs following that shooting by police in wisconsin. Exactly four years ago today, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose to sit during the National Anthem to protest Police Brutality and social inequality. Well, today, the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play their game with orlando in protest of the Police Shooting of jacob blake on sunday. Despite the overwhelming plea for change there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball. Like dominos, teams began calling off games. Three Major League Baseball games, including tonights giants dodgers contest postponed. The wnba and Major League Soccer also postponing play. I dont think it should require athletes needing to boycott playoff games to remind us black lives matter and that Police Brutality is unacceptable. This is its clear theyre committed to pressuring team owners, politicians and police to make real changes. Its amazing. Why while we keep loving this country and the country is not loving back. Tennis star naomi osaka is bowing out of her match, tweeting, before i am an athlete, i am a black woman, and as a black woman, i feel there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention rather than watching me play tennis. The question now, what happens next . Very proud of the players. I dont know the next steps. Dont really care what the next steps are because the first steps are to garner attention. We have everyones attention around the world right now. The nba board of governors will meet tomorrow. The players will meet as well. Reportedly there is some friction amongst the players because the bucks didnt tell other teams they were planning on not playing. They didnt tell the union either. They just did it and everyone was forced to go along. Really unlikely the three playoff games on the schedule tomorrow are going to be played. The season may or may not be over. Were just not sure. More coming up in sports. Dan . All up in the air for the moment. Sop dramatic today, larry. The news. Wheel protesters and police are facing off tonight in wisconsin during a fourth night of protests following the Police Shooting of jacob blake. The fbi will conduct a civil rights investigation into the shooting. A 17yearold boy from illinois now faces charges for a shooting that killed two people during protests last night. Tonights demonstration has been peaceful. Right now in oakland, protesters are also taking to the streets. Our Team Coverage continues with abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone. J. R. . Well, yeah, this started as a peaceful rally, dan, in oakland tonight, but appears to be taking a turn. We have seen vandalism, heard reports of looting and seen some attempt to set fires to businesses. Now, this is all new video into our newsroom of a car on fire near lake merit. We also have allnew pictures from police. You can see some of the small fires that have been set in the streets of oakland. Tonight weve seen large crowds of people marching in the streets. This started peacefully but quickly took a turn with vandalism. Breaking windows and starting fires according to officers. We know there is a starbucks in that area. We were rolling as individuals walked into what appears to be a boarded up business when someone saw us, they blocked our Vantage Point of what was going down. Now, those here want the officers in the jacob blake shooting charged and fundamental changes when it comes to policing. This after video surfaced showing blake being shot in the back by officers as he walked away from police and leaned over to get into his car. I talked with a woman from defund sf pd who says change needs to come. I dont even know if its worse, watching these videos or watching we have covid, the fires, and people are still showing up and putting their feet to the streets and making their voices heard, so. Weve also had a number of reports of vandalism in downtown oakland. Fireworks have also been set off but no reports of any injuries. Now, i did talk with a number of individuals online tonight who are all outraged over what they are seeing in oakland and other rallies where there have been illegal activities across the country. And late word this evening, protesters in oakland shut down i580 for a short time, but we are getting word that that is back open tonight. If we do get any more updates, well bring them to you here on abc 7 news. J. R. Stone, abc 7 news. All right. J. R. , thank you so much. And also breaking tonight, hurricane laura just made landfall in Cameron Parish in southwestern louisiana. The hurricane has forced 500,000 people to evacuate across the gulf, and the National Wealth service is warning everyone who stayed, take cover now. In Cameron Parish, one weather station has already measured sustained winds of close to 75 Miles Per Hour. Take a look at these live pictures from orange, texas. Look at all that rain coming down. The power of the storm, the rain just pelting, and the extreme winds. Water levels are expected to rise quickly overnight due to storm surge and the tide. The eye of the storm itself is more than 400 miles wide. Abc News Reporter elwin lopez has more from baton rouge. Reporter the time to get out of lauras path is now over. The rain has started to come down pretty fiercely and this is just the beginning. Reporter storm surge alerts along the gulf coast extends for more than 400 miles. Were brace for a challenge after we see this extremely destructive storm come through. Reporter in louisiana the entire National Guard on alert and activated. Officials warning staying put could prove deadly. And if you think youre safe because you made it through rita in southwest louisiana, understand this storm is going to be more powerful. Reporter laura barrelling ashore in the middle of a pandemic. In the same areas where there were more than 300,000 cases of covid19. We dont want to be in a shelter. Dont want to be infected. Dont want to infect anybody. Reporter in places under mandatory evacuations, large shelters could see limited capacity due to the coronavirus. Were doing social distancing. Everyone has to have a mask. Were doing temperature checks. Were doing Hand Sanitizer when you come in the door. So then we have everybody spaced out. So that has really changed the whole focus of the way weve done things. Reporter officials in lake charles, louisiana worried not enough people got out in time. Im going to be honest, i am concerned that we didnt have the evacuation numbers that we probably should have. Reporter here in baton rouge, we are also seeing the effects of hurricane laura with strong winds, heavy rain. Officials say theyre concerned about flooding and even possibly tornadoes. In baton rouge, im elwin lopez, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking hurricane lauras path. Sandhya . Yeah, laura just made landfall, ama. Hurricane laura is a category 4 storm. Could potentially cause catastrophic damage. I want to show you, it just made landfall, 150mileanhour winds, gusts to 185 miles an hour. Radar is showing you bands of heavy rain moving over lake charles, louisiana, and thunderstorms are certainly possible along with tornados. Cameron reported 115mileanhour wind gusts. Thats according to the Louisiana National weather service. 98mileanhour wind gusts lake charles, beaumont, 61. The winds are going to be extreme as you take a look at the track here, category 4 as it makes landfall. Category 2 tomorrow as it continues on with heavy rainfall across the region. Flooding rain along with dangerous storm surge 15 to 20 feet above ground. Ama . Dan . All right. Thank you so much, sandhya. Coming up, a live report near the texaslouisiana border as hurricane laura roars ashore. Well, hurricanes there. Fires here to this developing news. Evacuation orders have been reduced to an evacuation warning in parts of napa county for the lnu lightning complex. Tonight the fires have burned more than 360,000 acres, but containment has now grown to 33 . The National Guard has been brought in as well. Troops will be on the front lines of that fire first thing tomorrow. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larsen has the latest now from santa rosa. Reporter hundreds of soldiers County Fair Grounds wednesday after a week of firefighter training. Learning to hike up and down, getting our shelter gear on within 30 seconds. Learning how to dig the lines. Laying the hoses. Reporter Lieutenant Colonel david s. Chang is in charge of the National Guard troops who have dropped their day jobs and travelled from all over california to help fight the walbridge fire. This is my first fire mission. Currently about 300 soldiers here and id say about 1 4 to 1 3 of them have participated in the previous ones so we do have experience. Reporter the wind has picked up which is creating new problems on the east side of the lnu complex fire where there are now new evacuations. However, here in sonoma county, the wind could actually be beneficial. On the south side of the fire, the fire is essentially backing into the wind. So we want to take advantage of those opportunities. Where the winds are in our favors in some parts of the fire. Theie a up. And use the crews that were brih gud put containment lntan rosa fire marshal is acting as the cal fire spokesman. After a week of training, do you think these soldiers are ready for the front lines of the fire fight . Yeah, absolutely. Having these additional boots on the ground to get in there and physically do the work we need to get the containment lines in place is perfect times. Reporter the National Guard has been activated for 29 days in sonoma county, but depending on how the fire fight goes, their stay could be shorter or go longer. Kate larson, abc 7 news. Great to have the help of the National Guard, obviously. A second website is up and running that shows the homes that have been damaged or destroyed in the lnu lightning complex. Just like the Damage Assessment map for the czu complex, red means the house has been destroyed, blue means the damage is minimal, and yellow is minor. If it is green then the home has not been damaged at all. The black circle means the address is confirmed, but if it has a white circle, the address has to be verified still. You can find a link to both maps on our website. Just go to abc7news. Com. Cal fire Officials Say its made Good Progress on the scu fire which covers seven counties spanning the east and south bay. The fire has burned more than 367,000 acres. Its 30 contained. Evacuation orders are in effect for some areas. Officials reassured residents today they wont be kept from their homes any longer than necessary. The weather gave firefighters a bit of a preprevious today. They also got help from several aircraft, including the 737 Global Supertanker and five helicopters staged near livermore. Additional crews joined in the fire against the czu cal fire says that San Mateo County is now at more than 81,000 acres and 21 contained. 590 buildings were lost to the flames. Operations were delayed when someone broket night and stole protective equipment. The Evacuation Order for the uc santa cruz area has been lifted. Six people are missing. They include these three men. The Santa Cruz CountySheriffs Office released their photos tonight in an effort to find them. And cal fire says an estimated 77,000 people have been evacuated from the czu complex fire zone. Many finding shelter in the bay area as Santa Cruz Hotels are just filling up, as you can imagine. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda del costiloi is in san jose. Reporter this is now how robert intended to spend his 635 birthday, evacuated from his Boulder Creek home. He and his family spent the first night at the fair grounds nick watsonville, looking for more comfort in santa cruz. We couldnt find a vacancy. Reporter made a home in downtown san jose with their dog and parakeet neptune. We heard about the rate they were giving here and that they were pet friendly. Reporter the city sits through more than a announced d rates for evacuees and firefighters. To lower their rates to a formal rate lower than normal. Reporter still, bills are adding up. He says hes hoping friends will take in his family after checkout on the 2nd. But one problem leads to another. Were still middle of a pandemic. Being down here, youre not so isolated. So with covid19 is a factor. Reporter the santa cruz sheriffs county office estimates it could be weeks before Boulder County residents return. Its a rough framework of what that repopulation plan looks like. Reporter still unsure if they ham a home to return to. Abc 7 news. Remember, we have an extensive list of wildfire resources on our website, including information on how to evacuate safely, places to donate, and preparing your pets for disaster. Youll also find it on our website, abc7news. Com takeaction. Catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding. A live report from the texas coastline as hurricane laura barrels ashore. Night three of the Republican National convention is a wrap. 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Hurricane lara made landfall and is expected to be the strongest storm to ever hit along the western louisiana and north texas coast. A, quote, unsurvivable storm surge is expected in some areas. That word from the National Hurricane center. Our sister station is live near the louisiana border with the latest on this approaching storm. Jessica, its a monster. Reporter yeah, its really getting bad out here. As you said, hurricane laura making landfall. Just to the west of it here in orange, texas. Im protected by this building, but once i step out, as you can see, it is a much different story. Going out even farther is just too dangerous. Thats when you have to worry about things like projectiles flying through the air. Weve had wind gusts up to 100 Miles Per Hour so far. Winds have been much worse. A category 4, of course, around 150 Miles Per Hour winds. Roads are closed. A curfew in place and a mandatory evacuation started yesterday. Businesses are closed. The area feels deserted. Thousands of people did leave, but for those who didnt, city and county officials in many of the towns in Southeast Texas warned people if they needed help, help might not get to them because its just too dangerous to send firefighters and Police Officers out into this. Hurricane laura will produce destructive waves and catastrophic storm surge for coastal communities, according to the National Hurricane center. They will look a lot different in the morning light. Scattered Power Outages have already been reported. Widespread outages are expected. Somehow the power, though, is still on where we are. Were live tonight in orange, texas, jessica willie, abc 7 news. Jessica, its going to be a long and destructive several hours. Reporting tonight. Thanks very muc