derek almena and max harris face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the death of the december 2016 fire. the hearing on the motion by almena is happening this morning. almena alleges a judge made an error in rejecting a plea agreement in his case. >>> happening today, leaders from two counties gather to try to save one hospital some fear is on life support. seton medical center's future became cloudy. the hospital's emergency room treats close to 30,000 patients each year. today's leaders from san francisco as well as san mateo county hold the first of what may be several meetings to brainstorm how to keep it open. >>> people who broadcast their lives and interests online and the people who watch them are coming together in the south bay. twitchcon kicks off in a few hours in santa rosa. bob redell joins us live outside the mcenery center. security is expected to be tighter than usual. >> reporter: that's correct, laura. you'll recall this past august a man shot and killed two people and then himself. this was an online gaming competition in jacksonville, florida, a competition

derek almena faces six counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 fire. a hearing is under way. he is alleging a judge made an error in his case. >>> marin county leaders want to be next to sniff out the sales of flavored tobacco and vaping products. next week, supervisors will debate a ban that also includes menthol cigarettes. if approved, this would apply to all unincorporated areas. a first reading on that proposal is scheduled for next tuesday. a vote could take place november 6th. >>> and it's official. concerns about toxins are delaying the opening of crab season along the upper california coast. the state department of fish and wildlife say unhealthy levels of demotic acid were found in some crabs. it's the same toxin that destroyed the 2015 crab season. so far, crab along the coastline is healthy and recreational fishing is scheduled to open as planned in november. >>> one city in the east bay writing a new chapter for bookworms tomorrow. the city of hayward will celebrate the grand opening of its new library. you can see what the old location ac

there are two hearings scheduled, one centers around the plea agreement originally made by master derek almena, the judge decided not to accept the agreement. second hearing involves allowable evidence in the deposition of co-defendant max harris. >>> former governor arnold schwarzenegger is apologizing for his past behavior towards women. in an interview with "men's health" schwarzenegger says he "stepped over the line" several times and he feels bad about it. this isn't the first time the hollywood actor turned politician has expressed regret. days before winning the 2003 recall election for governor, he faced groping allegations from several women, admitted he sometimes behaved badly onilhe actually realize if they've done things, now that me too has com. inspectors ordered scaffolding put up after a window on the 36th floor cracked. workers took down the protecting scaffolding around the sidewalk and did it without the city's permission. the city says the scaffolding needs to go back up, but the homeowners association doesn't plan to do that. it claims there's no danger to pedestrians. >>>

that means the trial for derek almena, and max harris will remain in alameda county, possibly in april, after a trial judge is assigned next month. the two men have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. almena and harris -- a plea deal but the judge said they did not show enough remorse. the judge had this to say as to why they now want the case tried in oakland. we ascertained that the juries here in alameda are more favorable to our cause, than other counties. so, we want a trial here in alameda. we want a judge from alameda. we want a jury from alameda, and, we are ready to go. >> the case will be back in court on november 9th, at which time a new trial judge will be assigned. >>> the highway patrol has called off an amber alert for a 4-year-old girl abducted from washington state by her mother. authorities say the mother and daughter are now in mexico. 4-year-old aranza maria ochoa lopez was last seen during a court supervised visit with her mom this past thursday. authorities say in addition to the kidnapping, 21-year-old esmeralda lynn lopez is a person of inte

there are two hearings scheduled, one centers around the plea agreement originally made by master derek almenajudge decided not to accept the agreement. second hearing involves allowable evidence in the dant harris. >>> on the weekends, i know a lot of people hit garage sales or yard sales looking for a bargain. tomorrow is a good day for you, if you live in contra costa county. saturday one of two yearly citywide garage sales and there's el cerrito. nearly 50 households are registered to participate. some sales benefit charities like community senior centers and wildfire survivors. it's too late to join as a seller but they're saying buyers are certainly welcome. check out "today in the bay's" kris sanchez twitter feed. she just tweeted out more information about 20 minutes ago. so maybe she's going bargain hunting. >> for sure. >>> wedding bells overnight, another royal ceremony was under way in britain. >> princess eugenie married jack brooksbank at windsor castle. is we have enueofsed back in may by prince harry and meghan markle. just niurse queen elizabeth ii, she's atnd theoyal family.

derek almena and max harris face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the death of the december 2016 fire. the hearing on the motion by almena is happening this morning. almena alleges a judge made an error in rejecting a plea agreement in his case. >>> police are questioning the drama that played out yesterday in fairfield, when a woman yesterday at officers from a passing car that she was being held against her will. officers followed the car. few blocks later, it swerved into other cars before crashing on east traffic boulevard. investigators learned the woman shot and killed the 22-year-old man driving the car. now police say the man and woman lived together. >> was she a victim of domestic violence, which is why we withhold her name, is she a suspect in the unlawful killing, which is what a murder is, but it could very well be justified. that's what we're trying to determine at this point. >> police say a 10-month-old baby was in the back seat, uninjured. the woman is said to be cooperating with investigators. >>> people who broadcast their lives and interests online and th

derek almena and max harris original lay greed to a plea deal in the case but a judge shocked everyoneg the deal back in august. almena rented the warehouse and converted it into a living space. harris was allegedly almena's right-hand man who collected the rent. harris is trying to separate himself now from almena's case. >>> 6:34 for you. nearly one week until the midterm election and a lot is still at staining stake. "today in the bay" pete suratos is live in martinez and pete, i know you are still waiting on the number of those numbers coming from contra costa county. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus, here in marred nez waiting on the new numbers. hopefully posted to the secretary of state website for the state of california at some point in morning. here are the latest numbers as of september, this was 60 days out from next week's election. you can see on your television screen that in contra costa county, the number of registered voters is just over 603,000. almeida and santa clara counties the in number is just over 850,000. in san francisco, it's sitting just over 480,0

derek almena and max harris original lay greed to a plea deal in the case but a judge shocked everyoneing that deal, back in august. almena rented the warehouse and converted it into a living space. harris was allegedly almena's right-hand men who collected the rent. two men are legally tied together but harris is trying to separate himself from almena's case. >>> nearly three weeks after hurricane michael ravaged the florida panhandle we are getting new numbers on the number of people killed, six more deaths confirmed by fema yesterday, all in the state of florida, bringing the state's total to 35. the death toll from michael is at 45. the storm slammed into florida's panhandle october 10th causing mass destruction and also affected georgia, the carolinas and virginia. recovery is expected to take months. >>> the week begins with many questions still unanswered about megyn kelly's exit from nbc. what we do know is that, for now, another hour of "today" show will fill that slot where her show previously aired. nbc abruptly asked kelly last week, after comments she made about blackface.