right now on nbc bay area news. a man arrested with weapons of mass destruction. it is a story from carlos to pennsylvania to russia. >> and a man stabbed to death is san jose's fourth homicide of the year. what students have to say about the san jose student. and plus $50 billion of good food is thrown out each year and how a grocery store plans to get it to those who need it. the news starts now. >> nbc bay area news starts now. good evening and thanks for joining us. >> i'm kris sanchez.

>> and i'm terry mcsweeney. students of a college student who considers bay area his home, reacting after a student attending penn state who found a bomb and bomb making materials in his apartment. we are live from one of his friends from high school. >> he graduated from carl mont high school and now facing serious charges laid out in this criminal complaint, including possessing a weapon of mass destruction. now he's already charged with something called risking catastrophe and there are charges that carry a possible punishment of life in prison. the 19-year-old's family lives in san carlos but he is not a legal citizen and an expert told us if he is convicted, he will likely be deported.

police came to his apartment in altoona and found a suitcase carrying a home made bomb and other chemicals that he bought on line. he said he will blow things up but didn't specify what. one of his classmates from carl mont high school said he is shocked that mista cough was quiet and socially awkward but never seemed dangerous. >> i just had to look twice and look back in my year book to make sure this is the same kid. i was like, how is that even possible? >> we went to mista cough's home in san carlos where a woman identified as his mother plans to travel to pennsylvania to be near her son as he faces criminal charges. but she would not comment beyond that. he is being held on $500,000 bail. he is due for a hearing on february 5th.

monty carlos, nbc news. now we know who is accused of pulling the trigger inside of a mall yesterday and have insight into his state of mind. police took the suspected gunman's journal into evidence and in it he writes about being unhappy. sarah has the story. >> reporter: a deadly shooting and now a difficult investigation. what drove 19-year-old darren marcus aguilar, a teen-ager with no criminal record, to shoot and kill two people in a busy shopping mall. >> more anxious to get that answer more than anybody is why did this happen. >> he took a taxi to a mall in columbia outside of baltimore and waited about an hour before opening fire. >> all of a sudden i heard, it sounded like somebody dropped something. >> and then i heard people running and screaming and i heard it again, and it was just boom, boom, boom. >> i do have report of an active shooter in the mall. >> he shot and killed two people of a skate shot, including a

young mother, before turning on himself. he was carrying bomb explosion materials: he had purchased a shotgun legally back in september. he and one of the victims are from the same city, it is yet to confirm whether they knew each other. sarah dahloff, nbc news. police are investigating a deadly staping in the foothill, at about 1:30 this morning and the victim is a san jose state student. kimberly is live in san jose with the investigation. >> reporter: terry, police spent the day interviewing witnesses and there were plenty of them. because this stabbing happened during a party. >> a 21st birthday ended badly after a man was stabbed to death. >> he is a nice guy, hard-working guy and goes to school. >> the party for phans a

girlfriend was being held for his girlfriend. >> around 1:00 i heard some of the girls got into some confrontation and so my brother and sister tried to break up party. >> reporter: the family said the crowd of 20-30 people moved to the front of the house where the argument escalated at which point they say phan got involved. >> he tried to be the peace maker and break up the fight and somehow he got stabbed. >> reporter: san jose police say he was taken to a local hospital where he d -- died. police spent hours collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses to hope to identify the suspect. >> they tried to ask my niece for information about who ever came to party, trying to get the names. >> reporter: the family said the suspect is likely someone familiar to them since only close friends were invited to the party. i spoke to the victim's girlfriend tonight who was too upset to go on camera and said

she is still in shock and truly devastated. she said phan is a physiology student at san jose state university. live in san jose, kimberly terry, nbc news. police are searching man who opened fire inside a bar. a man doesn't realize he had been shot. it happened at 1:00 at the red coats british pub on st. mary's street. suspect was acting strangely before the shooting. >> a few moments before he fired the weapon, he was seen pacing in the area. then he drew the handgun and shot it about six to eight times. >> that one man hit by a bullet didn't know he was hurt until his friend noticed that he was bleeding. the victim was treated at a local hospital for nonlife-threatening wound and the suspect fled from they arrived. services held today by a

teen-ager hit and killed by a light train in front of her high school. she was trying to get to del mar high school where she was a freshman. a memorial sits feet from the tracks with messages from fellow classmates and friends. her family has been accepting donations to help with funeral costs. the 14-year-old girl will be buried at oak hill cement in san jose tomorrow. to honor a man standing his ground against discrimination in san jose. it was held at san jose state. core matsu refused to go into an intournament camp when he was rounded up before the second world war. later he was exonerated and awarded the national medal of justice. they say the matsu day of civil union is a time to push on the fronts like immigration reform.

undocumented immigrant jose vargas spoke about that in his address. >> immigration is about being able to go to college and so you can be a contributing part of the society. immigration reform is about having a valid passport so you can see your mom and grandpa and your uncle, that is what immigration reform is. >> fred cora matsu day is a state holiday in california. the president is pushing the final touches on the state of the union address. the themes and tone might sound familiar but say the president has a new plan of action. brian moore has the story from washington. >> the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> in his fifth state of the union address, president obama is expected to focus on three key words, opportunity, action and optimism. >> i think what you will hear from the president on tuesday night is a series of concrete practical, specific proposals on how we restore opportunity

through a wide set of means. job training, education, manufacturing, energy. >> on issues ranging from immigration to education and income equality, the president will lay out an agenda he hopes to complete with or without help from the gridlocked congress. >> the president sees this as a year of action, to work with congress where he can and to bypass congress where necessary. >> republicans have a wish list of their own. >> and if president obama wants to give an honest, candid state of the union address this week, he'll address the fact that his economic policies don't work. >> i don't agree on every issues but there are two or three we agree on and why don't we go after the issues we agree on. >> a state of the union shining the spotlight on the state of politics in washington. republicans are delivering three state of the union messages, the official gop response, from the tea party and one from senator

rand paul who would like to one day deliver a state of the union address of his own. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> congress mike honda comments on the state of the union address. >> i think some of the focus will be immigration reform and the affordable care act and its viability in the future and how it will help people. >> tune in for president obama's state of the union speech. we'll carry it live here on nbc bay area on tuesday night starting at 6:00. coming up next, police in the east bay say they had no choice but to shoot to kill. we'll have the details of the confrontation that took the life of avenue second dog this weekend. and a man on a bike spread fear on the san jose state campus. what he did to two students that make it that way. and how a pit bull attack captured the attention of a baseball star. how he swung into action to help the victim. and after a record warm

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a san leandro police officer said he had no choice but to shoot and kill a dog after it bit an 11-year-old boy yesterday. they were called to darious way after receiving reports two german shepherds were on the loose. officers found the dogs in a nearby yard and attempted to control them but when one of the dogs charged at one of the officers, he fired the gun, striking and killing the dog. the second dog was apprehended and quarantines by police. police say the 11-year-old's injuries were not serious. yesterday san francisco police officer shot and killed a pit bull while checking a vacant

building. the dog named psycho was well-known in the area as being vicious. san jose state university police are warning students to be on guard after two sexual assaults on campus last night. a man rode his bike behind each of the victims and touched them inappropriately. he was riding toward the campus village apartments, described as a white man in his 20s, with a thick mustache and wearing a block hoodie and pants at the time. the students on campus are on edge. >> i'm cautious when i'm coming out, and i'm like, do you want to go with me and telling my friends to walk with me. >> you don't want to walk around here. it is just scary. >> i have to go back earlier now. kind of scary to walk around midnight. >> i carry my picture around everywhere i go, i easily just have it ready. >> campus police are providing safety escorts and urging students not to walk alone at

night. the state of california is planning on investigating up to -- incesting $40 million into stem cell geneomics. the california institute for genetic are talking about developing research centers. the home is that the study of the genes and their relationships can lead to more effective treatment. back in 2004 california voters approved creating the institute for rejenive medicine but so far there have been no break throughs and the agency is about to run out of money. steve glass made up all or parts of 42 articles published in magazine like the new republican and rolling stone. this was the subject of the 2003 movie shattered glass. his application to become a lawyer in california has been

pending for six years. a state bar committee has opposed his application on morale grounds. he argues he has undergone psychotherapy and apologized and kept out of trouble since 1998. a ruling is expected tomorrow morning. a bay area series is all about the good things people do and tonight is no exception. but tonight's story starts with something bad. a 10-year-old boy mauled by a neighbors dog in antioch. he still has a long road of recovery ahead of him, but the road will be easier thanks to an unlikely source. >> it is lucas hall stead's dreams come true. >> do you feel that? >> someone is one day going to pay him a lot of money to do what he already loves doing. hitting and catching a baseball. still what makes this baseball

standout stand out even more is how he is choosing to give long before he ever gets. lucas is a star player on the monty vista high school baseball team. so good, in fact, he was one of a handful of young players from around the world chosen to participate earlier this year in the elite power show case in miami. >> it was just such a shock. it was awesome. it was the coolest thing ever. >> one part of the event, a home run derby with a twist. with each home run, money to the charity of the players choice. and while many chose well-known organizations, that help thousands of kids, lucas was interested in helping just one. >> once i found out i could do a charity foundation, the first i heard about it i knew about hunter. >> hunter had been playing at a friend's home in antioch when the neighbor's two dogs attacked

him. the injuries severe, the scars long-lasting. but then lucas learned he would have another connection, his mom kelly was to be hunter's fourth grade teacher in martinez. over the past three months lucas got to know hunter. >> nothing will hold him back and i thought that was the coolest thing ever. >> and hunter got to know lucas. >> he was tall and he was nice as well. >> representing california, here is lucas hallsted. >> so big league scouts watching him hit weren't enough pressure, he wanted to hit out a few for hunter, which is what he did. >> and it's out of here. >> i get emotional all of the time when i really think about it. and yeah, like, he's my baby, he's my first born and when someone wants -- and he wanted to do that for him.

it was huge. >> in the end though, lucas didn't just raise $2,000 for hunter, he gained a whole new perspective for himself. >> i can just promise you that i will never play another game of baseball without thinking it could be my last game because it could end like that. >> and that was nbc bay area's garvin thomas reporting. whether you want to enjoy the sun or the snow this weekend, you didn't have very far to go. it didn't look at all like winter today in the south bay. that is where some kids decided to take advantage of the warm weather and run through the fountains in downtown san jose and have fun getting their pictures taken. >> that was for you. >> that was for me. those who wanted to escape the warm weather headed to the slopes to ski and snowboard. there could be more snow in the forecast later this week and we got information from diane dwyer who should be here but instead up there skiing but she said it is nice and groomed, packed, but it is man-made but it is good

snow. >> and maybe we'll get some real stuff. let's check in for the latest on our micro climate forecast with anthony slaughter. what do you say? >> i think we'll see some showers and even rain and snow this upcoming week. let's get straight to it as we come up this week and major changes. this afternoon we had record warms once again, even though it wasn't overly warm. santa rosa 73 and san jose setting a new record at 71 degrees. remember that seven-day forecast always extolling at the bottom of your screen. that will have the changes i was telling you about and right now we are in the 50s undergoing the changes as patchy fog is hugging the coast and even in san francisco right now visibility getting greatly reduced. so through the morning hours, the fog will be with us and this is what we are talking about as far as the major changes. look at this big system. i mean, it stretches all the way from the gulf of alaska down the entire west coast of the united states. so this thing is expected to

change our weather pattern in a huge way. in fact starting as soon as tuesday, that is when we'll start to see a little bit of drizzle at the coast, even across the north bay we could see the drizzle as soon as tuesday. so here we go, let's take it day by day. tomorrow we see the fog approach the coast and more so in the coastal mountains. not expecting it inland. but tuesday is when the fog will start to build even for the inland valleys and north bay, heads up, you could wake up to drizzle. this is the first sign of the changes we're expecting for wednesday. in fact, that is when we'll see the rain start to approach the north bay. so wednesday night and thursday morning, this is the forecast update. yesterday was more for thursday night and into friday and now it looks like the system has sped up a little bit so wednesday into thursday is looking like our better chances of showers. so for tomorrow, a dry day. similar to what we saw for today, 69 in san jose, 70 at morgan hill. pallo alto at 67, san mateo 64.

and san francisco around 65. the north bay will still be warm tomorrow. near 70 in napa, 71 in santa rosa and east bay and trivalley expecting a mix of mid to upper 60s. here is the timing on the forecast. at 5:00 on wednesday evening, showers approaching the north bay. by wednesday night it falled apart -- paul -- falls apart and then it starts to push out. any rain we do get up in snow across the sierra, this is good news. our drought in an extreme, dire situation. so wednesday night and thursday morning and even into thursday morning showers expected and we are happy in the weather center, i tell you. this is some kind of triumph, back to you. >> i love the color green over there. it is something novel. haven't seen that in a while. >> thank you, anthony. and now for a look at what is coming up at sports.

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as the winter olympics near, more have become concerned with the security surrounding sochi and the sports which will put the russian city into the international spotlight. as volunteers begin arriving and receive training on how to accommodate americans, a recent number suggests there might be a notably low amount of tourists from the u.s. at the games. kira simons have more from sochi. >> i'm standing in front of the pictureesque mountains that surround sochi as i talk and in the background we can hear music playing as they prepare for the

celebrations that will launch the games but with all of the concerns surrounding the olympics, u.s. tour operators say fewer americans are booking to come to these games than for the last 20 years. >> reporter: high above the olympic park, a security blimp keeps watch. volunteers are picking up uniforms and many more arrive today, bringing enthusiasm and even excitement. >> i'm have fun -- having fun. i'm very proud my country is host of the games. >> reporter: but a month after a double suicide bombing in a city 400 miles from sochi that killed at least 34 people, more threats. over the weekend a new internet message from the group claiming to be behind that attack promising further violence. though not mentioning sochi, and many experts agree the threat to the games itself is low. >> the security at sochi is going to be huge. and i think it would be

difficult, not impossible, nothing is impossible, but difficult to pull off an attack there. >> reporter: president putin's spokesperson said all of this concern is an attempt by the west to discredit russia. and they are tough, swimming in the cold waters of the black sea for fun. and they are determined, they say, not to be frightened by threats. sochi is preparing to welcome the world. russia getting ready for its close-up. everywhere you go now in sochi there are smiling volunteers. they've been taught how to communicate better with americans, how to reach out across the cultural divide and even the idea of volunteering in russia is new. the word volunteer in russia is taken from the english, "volunteer." >> and tonight join janelle wang looking into the games with our

sochi special. we note those locally going to russia. downtown san jose is a flurry of construction. the economic recovery has brought cranes and high-rise developments that you can see from the freeway. but as nbc bay area stephanie trong shows us, there is more shiny and new in san jose and yet some folks say they are being pushed out. >> reporter: it is the tale of two worlds. within one city. this is like a little oasis in the middle of a big city. >> san jose has been experiencing the first housing development boom since the crash in 2008. at 85 and coddle, construction has been underway to replace the old ibm site, laying dormant for five years. this is what was slated in march. more than 100,000 feet of

retailers space, including starbucks and panera. and construction of housing has begun. it will fearing 150 townhomes and single family homes. and over in downtown, there was a breaking ground. this is what this condo sky rise is to look like, rising 21 stories high and about 21,000 square feet of retail. >> 1,000 market has set to taken off. set to change the face of this block at market and santa clara, a glass and steel tower with more than 300 units. and the same developer behind the axis high-rise has its eyes north of san pedro market square where a parking lot and empty space now sit but it could look like this in a couple of years.

silver y towers is expecting to make two buildings with up to 20,000 square feet of retail. >> it is a good sign for our economy because people are going to invest. >> reporter: after the dot com bust, there was a recession. and in 2009, the number of housing sales fell. and with another consistent and strong streak in the last couple of years. carlos said the move he pushed for to slash construction fees could run around $6 million. >> they suggested sutting the fees in half and within months we saw a boom. >> reporter: but not everyone is happy about the boom. >> i was devastated. >> reporter: at 78, mary ann has dropped her dream of retiring the home she lived in for 20

years with her 98-year-old mother. >> but this, i can't explain it to you. this is home. >> reporter: they live in a mobile home park next to the historic winchester mystery house and sinna mark theaters across the street from santana row where more luxury condos are under construction. but the owner of this property may soon sell the land. >> they have absolutely the right to sell. what we would love, if they would sell it to us. >> reporter: the police reporops never return our call but pulte will work closely with local neighbors and businesses. >> it has been terrifying. we have a lot of people in their 80s and 90s who are, i'm going to say poverty level, if this closes they have nowhere to go. >> this is very upsetting. >> reporter: mary ann said it

feels like her golden years are slipping away. she wants those younger than her looking to build and buy in san jose to remember that they too will one day be in her shoes. >> look at your parents, look at your grand parents, i mean we are not throw-away people and you don't want to become a throw-away person. >> reporter: stephanie strong, nbc bay area news. coming up, life advice from a man who has seen the best and worst of san francisco history. hear from one of the survivors of the 1906 earthquake who lives through it 108 years ago. and the price of a stamp is going up. what you need to put on it if you don't want it to return to sender. >> not again. and the fog will be with us through the morning and we'll talk about what is coming up for your week and your forecast for tomorrow. come on back. is this the bacon and cheese diet?

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now some food for thought. our country throws out some $165 billion in food every year. much of it is still good to eat according to a recent study and that is the idea behind a different type of grocery store opening this summer. migel almaguer shows us the deep discounts at the table imt shopping for a healthy meal. this single mom is at the food bank looking for affordable groceries just past their prime. >> if it is a day or two old or three days past due, it is still very much edible. >> reporter: she is exactly the customer doug rowe is looking for. the former president of trader joe's will open a new grocery store that sells expired food for pennies on the dollar. >> there is a lot of food out there that is wholesome and healthy that is just being disposed. >> reporter: he said he will offer fresh produce --

>> i'm looking for ingredients or to be able to sell -- >> reporter: perfectly good dairy. and most other grocery products at deep, deep discounts. >> grocers receive a lot of product that is perfectly sound and they have a sell-by date or a best-by date. they pull that off the shelf right at the day and some several days before and it is being tossed and that is a crime. >> reporter: according to a recent study, 40% of food produced in this country is dumped in the trash every year. $165 billion worth of edible food tossed out. >> the dates on foods, sell-by and used-by. they are not federally regulated and not meant to indicate safety. >> with that in mind, on this lot outside of boston, rowe will open the daily table. his nonprofit store will collect then sell what other grocers won't. the daily table, which will also

prepare hot meals, knows its concept may be difficult for some to swallow, i go by the sell-by date. >> you have to think about the health cost. >> reporter: but rowe believes his new store selling old food will have a long shelf like that just may surprise you. migel almaguer, nbc news. wisconsin is under a state of emergency. governor scott walker made the declaration yesterday because of the propane shortage and the dangerously cold weather in the forecast. nbc's michelle fiore reports. >> where is it at right now? >> right now i'm at 58%. >> reporter: thomas uses propane to heat his union grove home and right now a lot of people like him don't know how they are going to get through this brutally cold winter. but he's one of the lucky ones. he filled up his 500 gallon tank last month. >> i think i paid $180 a

gallon -- $1.80 in december. >> what is it up to now? >> my buddy had his filled the other day and paid 4 $.60. >> but many right now can't even find propane. >> reporter: the governor is trying to assist 250,000 homes in the state that uses propane for their home heating. the propane shortage is a problem across the midwest. some people are getting by with alternatives. >> i have a high efficiency wood burping fireplace in the living room. and you go through about three cords of wood a year and we are going through it quick now. >> and that was michelle fiore reporting. and the bay area here, the other end of the spectrum here. and we'll check on the micro climate forecast, anthony. >> and when you see that, it

makes you think how blessed we are to live in the bay area. our temperatures in the 50s so still rather miefld mild. we do have patchy fog for tomorrow. in the south bay we do have a good amount of cloud cover but we are not expected to start off with fog in san jose but we will start off with clouds in fact we'll find tomorrow temperatures similar to today. near 70 degrees. and each and every day this week we won't see temperatures move a whole lot. tuesday and wednesday a couple of degrees warmer in the south bay and then on thursday it cools off. we are talking about low 60s in the inland valleys and 50s in the coast. hard to believe when saernt cruz was -- santa cruz was at 77 yesterday. so major changes coming up in the week. it starts tomorrow. cooling for the morning hours and even for the afternoon in the south bay, lots and lots of cloud cover. in fact, even in the peninsula, low to mid-60s.

so by 5:00, on your drive home from work and school, it will be mostly cloudy in the peninsula. and temperatures could be down to 59 degrees. so it will cool off, in the north bay, east bay and tri-valley will be okay but a lot of clouds into the evening hours. and a huge storm system that will change the way we spent our whole january. as we move into february, this massive storm system is set to make its arrive across the bay area this upcoming week. it will open the storm door wide open for february. not only do we have a chance of showers that we're looking at for wednesday and thursday, but as we look at some of the long-range models, it looks like friday and sunday we could look at more showers. so if these computer models hold together, this could change things up through february. but on the short-term of things, tomorrow do expect to stay dry across the board but tuesday is when we'll see the drizzle approach and by wednesday night

those showers will set to rise across the bay area. look at those showers setting up right across the northern part of california. so by wednesday night the showers move through and then thursday morning we'll still be looking at a few showers, at least for the first half of the day. it looks like thursday evening those showers do clear out. but not expecting a whole lot of rain. but some of the early models are starting to show we could get from about a tenth of an inch in the south bay and even at the coast as it seems like a widespread range. even if you live in the north bay, santa rosa, you can get close to san francisco and silicon valley expecting that as well. this is something we'll be watching all week long and you can always go to nbcbayarea.com to find out more on your full forecast any time. back over to you. not just the flu and common cold, a lot of people are dealing with allergies triggered by the warm and dry weather. many plants have been fooled into thinking it is spring. >> sneezing, runny nose, i have

tissue in my pocket right now. >> cough, a little bit of sore throat, itchy, watery eyes. >> something is in the air in the bay area. it is not contagious. it is pollen. >> they feel like they have a minor cold all of the time and that is a typical allergy person. >> at advanced allergy solutions in san francisco, clinitians say so many patients are looking for holistic temperature it feels like spring instead of winter. >> but we're getting an increase of the seasonal allergy sufferers who would suffer in springtime and now they are suffering in january. >> blame is on the unseasonably warm weather and lack of rain. trees are blooming. with nothing but blue and blossoms in the forecast, denise woods said spring-like allergy triggers are here to stay. >> without the rain pulling everything to the ground, we're having an increase of particles in the air on top of the warm weather and the plants producing more pollen. >> woods said if you have cold

symptoms but energy is high, you probably have allergies. kendra smallwood is not looking forward to an extended allergy season. >> i still want to go out and do activities i normally do, but just having the sneezing and congestive feeling, i really don't like it. >> michael flores is already visiting his medicine cabinet. >> my energy is fine. but i have noticed if i take a benadryl at night it does help out a little bit. so i'm -- i might have to bust out the allergy medicine i little bit earlier this year. >> didn't get a break this time. that was gene elliott reporting. and speaking of weather, it is lovely for an outdoor wedding so coming up we'll show you what is new in the world of blushing brides. and advice good enough for a wedding toast from the survivor of the great earthquake 108 years ago. we'll be right back.

if you have letters to send in the mail, terry said what is that? >> i'm one of the guys who knows what it is. >> the cost of a stamp will cost you -- or the price of a stamp is going to cost you a couple pennies more. luke russert has the details. >> reporter: today for the sixth time in the last seven years, the postal service is raising the cost of mailing a first class mail from 46 cents to 49 the. the 3 cents increase is the largest single hike in more than a decade and will stay in place until 2016. >> that is a 6% increase. inflation is 1% or 2%. that seems like an extreme increase. >> reporter: why the higher cost in the postal service has lost money for seven straight years, including $5 billion in the last fiscal year. while more potential customers turn to sending mail electronically. and amazon flirts with the idea of delivery drones. >> what you see with the big

companies that have had this infrastructure in place for a long time is that they are slow to move and they are slow to change. so this temporary raise of rates is just a band aid on a very big problem. >> reporter: the changes are illiciting mixed reactions. >> i can definitely make that happen. >> my god, it is almost 50 cents. it doesn't bother me, i'm not the biggest mailer in the world. >> they have to raise the funds somehow. >> reporter: luke russert, nbc news, washington. well there are two known survivors of the 1906 earthquake that devastated san francisco more than a century ago and on friday the san francisco fire chief made a special visit to the north bay to celebrate the 108th birthday of one of those survivors. monty francis was there for the celebration. >> happy birthday dear bill. >> reporter: bill bill monty

never thought he would live to see his 108th year. >> it is something i can't believe. it seems like it was a long, long time ago. >> reporter: a lot can change in 108 years. friends and family members have come and gone and he's watched the san francisco that bush -- that burned in the earthquake when he was just 3 months old rebuild and transform. >> it wasn't too much of a city then. it sure is now. >> reporter: del monte never had children and his wife died more than 20 years and he lives in a retirement home in greenbrae and that is where the chief met him. he recalled his mother's memory after the moments of the 1906 quake when he was just a baby. >> my mother was in the kitchen and she put me in the table cloth and wrapped it around me and a bundle and put it on the

cart and we went down proudway street to the ferry. >> wow. >> there was fire on both sides of the street. >> reporter: he said dell monte is not just a connection to san francisco's past but reminds us all how to live a long, satisfying life. >> just his love for life. ing day by day -- living day by day and not taking things for granted and appreciating things in the moment. he is a true gift. >> reporter: as for the secret to longevity, del monte said there is no real secret. he's just taking life as it comes. >> live it and enjoy it while you're here and even though it is a long time when you are gone, you are gone. >> reporter: in greenbrae, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> del monte said he is not planning to attend the ceremony on market street in april to mark the 108th anniversary of the quake but he did tape a video message to be shown there.

it happens at 5:18 a.m. and del monte and the only other survivor 112-year-old ruth newman would rather sleep in this year. a love was in the air in san francisco today where hundreds of brides and grooms to-be went to plan their upcoming weddings and to learn about the top friends for -- trends for 2014. the san francisco wedding affair held at the four seasons hotel in san francisco. couples were able to meet with 75 vendors and get fantastic ideas for the big day. >> that's it for us. >> we'll see you at 11:00. [ laughing ]

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