right now at 4:30, a san francisco neighborhood still picking up the pieces days after a deadly and fiery explosion at a home. we have new video showing the moment the blast happened and the investigation is still unfolding. >> and a meeting happening today that could change the direction of the oakland police chief's suspension. >> plus -- >> it's been really busy. the rose is the most popular one. >> love is in the air and the price tags are high. sweethearts shelling out big bucks.

we're breaking down how much it could cost you. we're streaming on roku, amazon fire, and online. >> good morning, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. let's start with a look at the forecast. >> it's starting out cold again and it's not yet windy, but we'll start to get windy as we go into today. but we're also seeing fog around parts of the north bay. visibility down to a quarter of a mile. from napa to santa rosa we're seeing fog move in and temperatures are very chilly, right now in the mid-30s. we will see a cold start and more cold mornings ahead. you'll notice it's not going to be as warm as it was yesterday, especially as we get the winds increasing today. that's going to make it feel a lot colder. but the highest winds will be in parts of the north bay as well as the coastline. we'll talk more about what to expect coming up. mike, you are tracking a crash on the eastshore freeway. >> i thought it was about to be

cleared and then there's another update saying a tow truck has arrived. you can see the eastshore freeway, steady flow at the bay bridge. we're talking about westbound 80 or eastbound 580, depending on which you want to track. right there near the off ramp. it doesn't look like there's any slowing. crews did arrive so we'll watch for chances. a patch of fog in vallejo and you'll find watches of fog right now. the crew is northbound 680. that closure continues from the weekend. you'll have to take 84 or pleasanton sunol road as your alternate. >> thank you very much. the oakland police commission is planning to take control of the case against police chief leronne armstrong. armstrong was placed on administrative relief last month following a report detailing the mishandling of officer disconduct cases. after a closed session last thursday, the commission

announced they voted to establish a discipline committee to exercise oversight on the chief. the first meeting is happening later this morning. it is a closed session. armstrong's leave needs to be addressed by april 4th. that is when city representatives must return to court with a plan for handling the misconduct cases. continuing coverage and new video of the deadly home explosion last week in san francisco's sunset neighborhood. it is hard to watch. the explosion destroyed one home on 22nd avenue for noriega. the video comes from a home security camera. you can see two people nearby at the time of the explosion. a man and his neighbor were struck with glass but not seriously injured. one woman inside the home, sadly, died. two other people seriously injured. and several nearby homes were damaged, with some neighbors losing mostly everything. and now investigators are saying that that home contained an

illegal drug lab. ings says that he had brief interactions with the man later arrested by police. >> i say to him every time we see each other, when he moves his car back. we just say hi. >> 53-year-old darryn price is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and manufacturing drugs. an investigation is under way into a fire that engulfed a south bay garage and forced two people out of their homes. it started last night on york avenue in campbell. flames broke out after 8:00. you can see the smoke shooting up into the sky. neighbors were asked to avoid that area for several hours as crews cleaned up. here's a live look at san francisco ahead of what is billed as a major housing announcement. san francisco suffers from a lack of affordable housing.

later this morning, mayor london breed and affordable housing advocates withholding a news conference. they're expected to announce legislation to remove barriers to the construction of new housing. that press conference gets under way at 11:00 a.m. be sure to tune into our midday newscast to get the latest on the announcement. you can also find it on roku, amazon fire, and online at nbcbayarea.com and in our free nbc bay area news app. 4:35 this morning and we've heard a lot of talk about how expensive everything is, but for love people apparently will spend. bay area florists from scrambling to fill all of those orders for valentine's day, tomorrow, if you forgot. >> the pressure is on. it's expected to increase by 8% nationwide to $26 billion. what an industry. "today in the bay's" marianne favro looks at what people are buying. >> reporter: this gorgeous

bouquet costs $450 and bay area florists tell us, despite inflation, people are not holding back on how much they're spending on their sweethearts. a rose and a rose is a rose, and at this business in san jose, business is booming as we approach valentine's day. >> we have 84 orders and we have some for the store and we have more deliveries for tomorrow. >> reporter: the phones are ringing off the hook and this truck is full with flowers about to be delivered. red roses are the most popular choice and you can expect to pay more for them during high demand valentine's day. >> during valentine's day, roses usually go up, sometimes they double the price because they come from -- the roses that we get are from ecuador. >> reporter: even as consumers feel the pinch of rising prices,

spending is up. >> a lot of our customers spend $200, $300, $400 average. >> reporter: this jumbo arrangement costs $650. herrera says this year more customers are also shelling out for extras, including chocolates, teddy bears and balloons. according to the national retail federation, american consumers plan to spend an average of nearly $193 this valentine's day, with overall household spending expected to rise by $17 compared to last year. that's the second highest level since 2004. and while flowers, chocolates and cards are the top gifts, about one-third of consumers plan to give an experience, such as a spa treatment or concert tickets. all in the name of love. and one category that's expanding, more people are buying valentine's gifts for their pets. in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news.

>> your pets know what day it is, too. >> yes, they do. 4:37 for you this morning, speaking of love, mcdonald's is trying to set the mood. next on "today in the bay," we're going to talk about a new romantic meal hitting the menu. >> plus, changes coming to apple pay. the new feature that could help save you mey. stonay

right now at 4:40 on your monday morning, take a look at these current temperatures. around the bay area it's another chilly start, and it was so nice over the weekend. soon you'll say, what happened to that weather? we're going to see some big changes ahead. more on that coming up in a few minutes. fremont, a little glow from the lights. visibility just fine. 880, just fine as well from the nimitz through this portion of the bay. remember, we're wrapping up the weekend business for the closure on the northbound side. let's see if there's any roadblocks in our business day. good morning, i'm pippa stevens from cnbc. wall street is set to open slightly higher as markets try to rebound from a rocky week. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 ending last week in the red but the nasdaq and s&p suffering their biggest losses since december. the move coming after federal reserve chairman jay powell says there is still a long way to go

in the fight against inflation. interest rates could rise more than anticipated. in focus this week, three key economic reports with consumer prices tomorrow, retail sales on wednesday and producer prices on thursday. apple has four fintech projects in the works, but only one, apple pay later, is expected to launch this spring. the company has already announced the savings account. bloomberg reports two others haven't been announced. apple pay monthly installments and a subscription program. the subscription plan was supposed to launch with the iphone 13 or 14 but suffered technical setbacks and has led to missed deadlines. mcdonald's will help you find love at first bite. it unveils a special meal deal for two with an ad ahead of the super bowl that has the backing of cardi b and offset. the meal is available for a limited time starting tomorrow. it includes a cheeseburger with

barbecue sauce and a large code and a quarter pounder with cheese and a hi-c orange drink. plus an order of fries and an apple pie. the price will be determined by individual restaurants. marcus and laura, i think i'm going with the cardi b. >> i think the offset one. >> i'll take a drink. >> i'll double those fries, too, because i love those fries. i'm sure that's not what they will be having. just kidding. >> thanks, pippa. it is 4:43. we're going to continue our series discover black heritage and a disease disproportionately affecting black communities. >> the ability to potentially prevent it or slow it is huge, groundbreaking, something that we really need. >> next on "today in the bay," an in-depth conversation about a new drug helping treat patients

with alzheimer's. stick around. ch more ahead.mu

wake up, san francisco. good morning to you and the rest of the bay area, as we get started with this monday morning. getting a look at what's happening outside. how does it feel is the question. meteorologist kari hall is here. >> it's cold. we're going to have cold mornings ahead, even freezing temperatures going throughout

the week. and it was so comfortable and nice over the weekend, but we are about to see some changes. take a look at the fog rolling over the bay bridge right now. you can see the salesforce tower is, at times, foggy in some spots. but we are going to see some gusty winds picking up. that's going to help clear everything out as we get a look at what's going on with the wind advisory near the coastline for today, as well as in the hills for the coast and the peninsula. let's go hour-by-hour. we start to see winds picking up today, gusts along the coasts will be the highest. at 10:00 is when the wind advisory begins. take a look at how strong those winds will be. up to about 40 miles per hour at 4:00 today, and even 20 miles per hour in san jose and parts of the east bay. but it does look like the coastline gets the brunt of those high winds and then we'll see it continue into early tomorrow morning. but then we are also watching out for a chance of showers, and

with the cold temperatures, we're going to see the chance of even some wintery precipitation for our hills farther to the north. but then mostly a spotty shower or two moving in early tomorrow morning, and then tapering off as we go into our valentine's day. as far as temperatures, it's going to reach into the low 60s for today. these are not the upper 60s and low 70s, but still pretty comfortable in much of the bay area. and then for tomorrow this is a look at the high temperatures once those showers and that cold front sweeps through. we only make it into the low to mid-50s for tomorrow's high temperature. on wednesday we're only doing slightly better. that's definitely colder than what we typically see for this time of year. the system is bringing down cold air. as we go toward the end of the week there may be another chance of showers on friday, but we're not expecting at this point a lot of heavy rain here in the

forecast. and then going through next week, it's still going to be chilly. let me show you concord and our ten-day temperature trend. we have a very cold start to our week, especially tomorrow, through the rest of the week. the weekend is looking a little milder. and then even into next week we're looking at cool temperatures. so there's not much of a warm-up here and every few days there will be a slight chance of rain, at least, and then we continue with mainly dry conditions through the rest of the forecast. mike, you're watching for changes in the tri-valley. >> we should be coming toward the time when they do the pickup from the nightly road work. we're talking about the tri-valley, of course, and through the end of the month, we're going to have every weekend and week night with the closure of northbound 680. there was a tremendous backup here coming in toward the area of fremont, a surprise for those who didn't watch the report. the others knew there was an alternate. we're looking at slowing and we see that building up. hopefully they'll clear this on

time, in the next ten minutes. we'll track. the commute directions are just fine. 580, highway 4, all looking great for the commute. >> thank you very much. in the week ahead, the suspect in the half moon bay massacre is expected to enter a plea. chunli zhao was back in the courtroom last friday. the judge issued a limited gag order for attorneys and the sheriff's department. the order prevents them from discussing anything other than procedural facts like court schedules or names of witnesses. 66-year-old zhao is charged with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. he's due back in course on thursday. help for the farmworkers could be coming soon. tomorrow supervisors will take up a resolution that offers options aimed at getting support services for farmworkers affected by the shooting. the resolution would provide up

to $1.5 million in funding. we are continuing our series "discover black heritage" all month long and today we're focusing on health. research from the national institute on aging shows the risk of developing alzheimer's is higher in black americans when compared to their white counterparts. stephanie monroe with the clinical trial consortium says there are steps that black americans can take right now to reduce their risks. >> we understand from the research conducted that adopting risk modifying strategies can help prevent potentially as much as 40% of alzheimer's disease. these strategies include adopting a heart healthy lifestyle, watching your nutrition, green, leafy vegetables, setting up a plate that has a lot of color on it so we make sure we're getting a good mix. adequate sleep, at least eight hours a night. good, clean water. hydration during the day.

staying brain active. staying engaged with other people, having social interactions. all of these things, including exercise at least 15 minutes a day where you get your heart rate up, seem to be very helpful with healthy aging and keeping your cognition where it needs to be. >> i know you're working on a clinical trial, it's under way right now, specifically gearing toward helping slow the progress in alzheimer's. talk to me about that study and the biggest challenge that you're all seeing with that. >> the steady, which people can get more information, is really exciting. as we have learned through other clinical research and studies about what people need who are beginning to have brain changes, which can actually start 20 years before a person gets the first symptom. so what we're trying to understand is, is there a way for us to address these brain changes before symptoms in older and younger populations, and

what is the difference between them, what does our dose look like and the time when these medications and the type of medications that will work. we recently had lecanemab approved by the fda to be effective and safe in all populations, given to people 65 and older. we're now going to increase that and go down further about ten years and look at people age 55 and older to see, can we get the same type of an impact on people before they develop full-blown alzheimer's disease. so we're trying to prevent alzheimer's disease, we're trying to slow the progression with alzheimer's disease to give people more time to live a healthy lifestyle, and hopefully this type of research will help us find a cure. >> if you would like to watch that entire interview, you can find it online at nbcbayarea.com. also on roku and amazon fire.

we have posted the link with more information on our website as well. coming up next on "today in the bay," a phenomenon returning to yosemite. when you can catch a glimpse of fire fall and the restrictions. >> castro valley police are looking for a driver who they believe intentionally struck a 77-year-old woman and took off. investigators say it happened saturday night in the parking lot of first presbyterian church. they say the driver first brushed the woman with his car causing her to yell at him. then he turned around and hit her before speeding off. the woman is expected to be okay. police are looking for a white 2010 nissan sentra. anyone with infortion isma a

trending this morning, a winter phenomenon is back at yosemite. we're talking about the firefall when the light at sunset hits the water at just the right angle, which transforms it into a ribbon of fiery orange. it happens most often in mid to late february. the park service is requiring reservations for guests entering the park over the next two weekends. parking will also be restricted to designated areas. and check this out. the world's tallest digital valentine's greeting is in the miami skyscraper, glowing with messages and here is a sense of how huge the display is. it's as high as two and a half football fields. it has a phrase happy

valentine's day and flashes images of lips, floating hearts. it will be up through tomorrow, which is valentine's day. >> can't miss it. 4:57 and a rescue off the cliffs of a popular beach. we're going to talk about just how this happened and we're going to show you the moment the man was lifted to safety. >> plus, the fate of the oakland police chief still in limbo, but that could change. we're live at 5:00 with the meeting happening today to address his ongoing leave. all that and so much more when "today in the bay" returns on this monday morning.

right now at 5:00, awaiting his fate. a meeting happening today that could change the direction of oakland police chief's suspension. >> and, also, california calling for answers. this, after mysterious objects were shot down throughout the weekend. we're live in washington with the efforts to recover and study the wreckage and the unanswered questions, what are they? >> plus -- >> their homes are lost. nobody can go back into their buildings. but everything needs to be built from scratch. >> and just more than a week later, turkey and syria are still reeling following the deadly earthquakes. the way people in the bay area are stepping up to help. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, and online. good morning to you on this monday.