in vallejo, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> we'll be here for you, the pledge made by speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, the latest high profile politician to visit the disaster zone in lahaina. he was given an aerial tour and met with officials involved in recovery. >> i hope maui feels that from us, we're going to to be here for you. not something to be solved overnight. we want to do it right, we want to make sure we find out what went wrong, that it never happens again. >> 115 people are confirmed dead from the fires. more than 120 remain unaccounted for. >>> meantime president biden was in florida to survey the damage of another disaster, hurricane idalia. notably absent was florida governor and presidential candidate ron desantis. he said a meeting could hinder disaster response efforts. the president dismissed the idea and promised help for everyone. >> i'm here to deliver a clear message to the people of florida and the southeast, as i told your governor, if there's anything your state needs, i'm ready to mobilize that support. anything they need related to these storms

thom jensen was in court today as that suspect made her first appearance. >> reporter: that nanny, michelle hidalgo is in jail tonight. prosecutors say they want her to stay there as their investigation expands. >> she is a danger to the public. she should not be out until these charges are decided. >> reporter: strong words from one of the top prosecutors about 28-year-old michelle hidalgo. we were only allowed to record video, not audio, as she entered not glae guilty pleas. creating child sex assault images and sharing them online. a social media platform first alerted the county. >> notified the internet crimes against children task force contra costa county and that started the investigation. >> reporter: they served a warrant and searched her home friday where they say they found more evidence, including cameras and computer equipment. this morning we went the last antioch address we could find for her. but two people inside declined to come out and talk to us. task force members and the d.a.'s office want to know if she was a nanny for other children and where there are more victims

thom jensen reports, fans who fight could soon say farewell forever to seeing another home game in person. >> reporter: levi's stadium officials tell nbc bay area they have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to fighting. and one thing they are exploring now is a lifetime ban on anyone involved in the type of brutality that we saw thursday night. the video is startling, numerous fans brawling in the stands of levi's stadium, and at one . a man grabs the woman's hair and throws her. clear i didn't see regardless but it seems like an overreaction may be a little too much alcohol. >> reporter: we don't know who was arrested but santa clara pd cell one of the people involved battered two victims and was arrested and charged with assault and battery. now levi's officials say a lifetime ban is also possible for that person and anyone else fighting in the stadium. we i agree. yeah, that sort of behavior can't be tolerated. >> do the same thing, if you get in a fight there, they're doing it all around the league if it is necessary than it is necessary. >> reporter: the nfl is also taking notice

thom jensen has more. >> reporter: after a three-mile hike to the top of mission peak, this group of friends counts their blessings for a nice day of friendship on the journey, but they're disappointed after reaching the summit and finding the iconic mission peaker poll gone. just the stub at the base is left. >> yeah, yeah, sure, we want to. >> reporter: and it was broke be broken off. she's been visiting for many years. >> i run every day. i'm on my 11th year of running every day. >> reporter: when she heard the pole was vandalized she had to run to the top to see for herself. >> i'm climbing, there's no stick. you get up there, and it's like, sure enough, it's what i saw. all right main part of the sculpture that contained a time capsule is completely gone, hacked off at the base. >> i've reported it to dispatch yesterday. i volunteer for the park as well. and i just sent pictures around. no one's really said anything just yet. so i assume it's just because it's a holiday weekend. >> reporter: a dispatcher with east bay parks confirmed the vandalism was reported and is being inves

"today in the bay's" thom jensen reports fans who fought could soon say farewell forever seeing another home game in-person. >> reporter: levi's stadium officials telling nbc bay area they have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to fighting at events and they're exploring a lifetime ban on anyone involved in the type of brutality that we saw thursday night. the video is startling. numerous fans brawling in the stands at levi's stadium and at one point a man grab's a woman's hair and throws her. >> didn't see it started. overreaction and a little too much alcohol maybe. >> reporter: we don't know who was arrested but one of the people involved battered two victims and arrested and charged with assault and battery. now levi's officials say a lifetime ban is also possible for that person and anyone else fighting in the stadium. >> i agree. yeah. that sort of behavior can't be tolerated. >> the same thing as -- get in a fight meadowlands, boot you for life there. i mean, doing it around the league, then, you know, if it's necessary, it's necessary. >> reporter: the nfl taking notice afte

in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> new developments in the disappearance of the mother in fairfield. tonight investigators believe 36-year-old erica brown has died. police issued an arrest warrant for her live-in boyfriend mark randall. erica brown has not been seen or heard from since august 20th. neighbors last saw her getting out of her car walking into her house. police say randall was last seen driving a black mercedes sedan. if unanything about his whereabouts you are urged to call fairfield police. >>> family and friends of a man shot and killed by vallejo police say if the city does not take action to make sure they are safe they will. today friends of shaun montarosa denouncing the reinstatement of the detective. he was unarmed and appeared to be surrendering when tonn shot and killed him from the back seat of a patrol vehicle. he was initially fired but it was overturned when an independent investigation ruled the shooting justified. the family believes evidence has been destroyed in the case and filed a civil lawsuit against tonn and the city and want him cri

here's nbc bay area's thom jensen. >> >> reporter: the protesters pointed to an incident in mid august where they say a cruise car blocked an ambulance from getting to the hospital in time to save a patient. but they say that's just the tip of the iceberg. >> the people of san francisco, the workers of san francisco have to take a stand now. >> reporter: a very direct message as a self-described pro labor leader of marxist ideals led a group outside headquarters today. the driverless taxis not only violate vehicle codes but aren't advanced enough to know when to pull over for emergency vehicles. >> every time they're on the road, they violate the law. >> reporter: the speakers also say the so called robo workers are chipping away at jobs, and the flood of high-tech replacements will steal jobs from the masses. >> we're talking about millions, not billions of workers being displaced, nationally and globally. >> reporter: cruise disputes the claims about safety and says it has a strong record of supporting workers and labor unions. the company notes that seiu unions install and maintain

. >> thom jensen, thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> still ahead at 4:30, can a celebrity chef revive the struggling union square shopping district, the cafes slated to open, replacing two recently closed coffee shops. >>> and pediatric cancer, how one bay area nonprofit is helping to detect and treat cancer early in young children. >>> heading back into the newsroom to check up on alicia. she is the producer of our 7:00 p.m. newscast, and, alicia, you have a few interviews lined up for us today. >> happy labor day, we're going to take you to burning man, then maui. burning man, we will be there live, a couple of hours until the man burns, and we'll show you the latest conditions there, and then also sam brock from nbc news will be joining us from maui to talk about his past week there. there's still questions about the emergency systems, what happened, what didn't, why it happened, why it didn't happen, so he'll talk about what he learned today. >> reporter: he's been there over the past few days now, yes? >> absolutely. yeah. he's been there for about a week. he says tourists are sl

in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> tom, thank you, good news tonight, also for thousands of people heading home from the holiday weekend. traffic is flowing again on i-80 over the carcinas bridge after a nearly four-day closure. >> nbc's jodi hernandez is live along i-80 where the much needed repaving has finished. jodi, they're ahead of schedule. >> reporter: they are. and you can bet this is a welcome sight for holiday travelers. traffic once again flowing across the alfred zampa memorial bridge, otherwise known as the carcinas bridge. it reopened a little more than an hour ago, a full 12 hours ahead of schedule. >> there's never really a good time, but to do it during a holiday weekend, we all know people go out of town on the weekends, so it's like, yeah, very frustrated. >> reporter: this woman describes the traffic headache many bay area drivers have been faced with this holiday weekend after caltrans closed the westbound span of the alfred zampa bridge on thursday night to repave three miles of westbound i-80. >> our crews go in there dig out the old pavement, brin

thom jensen was in court today as that suspect made her first appearance. >> reporter: that nanny, michelles in jail tonight. prosecutors say they want her to stay there as their investigation expands. >> she is a danger to the public. she should not be out until these charges are decided. >> reporter: strong words from one of the top prosecutors about 28-year-old michelle hidalgo. we were only allowed to record video, not audio, as she entered not glae guilty pleas. creating

thom jensen was at the coliseum where fans were holding out hope that the team would stay. >> reporteranother sparsely-populated game at the oakland coliseum this afternoon. as fans still struggle with the idea that this storied franchise will likely be uprooted and move to las vegas. >> i think it's very sad. very sad. >> don't remind me. we're just going to enjoy the last season. >> reporter: the loss against the tigers ties the 1979 a's with the most losses in franchise history. >> i used to come here back when vida blue played, reggie jackson, joe rudi. >> reporter: john fisher gave up on the a's this season, they say, when he announced the plan to move. some hold out hope the a's won't move. >> i wish he'd just sell and get this over with and let them stay here. >> reporter: and the idea of another major league expansion team possibly coming to oakland someday? >> it won't be the same. this is where i spent my childhood. >> reporter: it does still face approval, which is scheduled for a vote in november. >> the a's lost to the tigers today. we'll have highlights from that game and

today nbc bay area's thom jensen spoke to the family of one of those victims about the daunting discovery. >> reporter: on a rainy night in march, police believe a 27-year-old daly city woman was murdered by her partner in front of their small children. then this past weekend, 49-year-old grace goodman was allegedly murdered by her domestic partner leaving hinged a teenage son and an adult daughter. >> my mom was very outgoing shelf always made friends easily. >> reporter: her mom repeatedly assured her she was happy and there was no trouble in her relationship. >> they make it seem like everything is okay and everything is fine. they won't share much information about the relationship. >> reporter: but grace's death and the murder of 27-year-old frances lucero in march shared one very troubling link. both domestic violence-related homicides, as were each of the other three murders in san mateo county this year. five out of five homicides, all domestic violence. investigators say while overall, homicides are down compared to prior years, the fact that all five share a common tie needs to