in san jose, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >>> welcome home, indeed. >>> an attempt to steal fuel from a bay area gas station may have sparked a fire near santa rosa according to investigators. these pictures from the press democrat show the damage to the union 76 gas station that is now red tagged for obvious reasons. the fire also destroyed a carpet cleaning van. surveillance video shows three people collecting fuel in an unsafe plastic co container abt 4:00 this morning. they believe something in the van ignited an explosion and fire. all three people ran off but one man who had been burned was found walking down highway 12 not far away. >>> johannes mehserle was back in court today this time as a defendant in a police brutality case which reportedly took place six weeks before bart passenger oscar grant was killed. >> reporter: johannes mehserle came to court with his other and the other four defendants who are all still bart officers. kenneth kaile caruthers is suig them. he says he is still suffering from the trauma. >> any are not allowed to hit nobody or beat nobody up. >> watching t

karina rusk explains why there is good news and bad news in the study. >> reporter: the elementary school jose is attacking childhood obesity with a number of programs. this one is called play work. >> play work is all about giving the kids for safe, meaningful play. we want to make sure the kids are getting involved. >> reporter: a new report shows 38% of california sixth, seventh and ninth graders are considered overweight. in the past five years, local members have creeped up. since 2005 there has been 3.5% in contra costa and 3% in alameda county. many districts are trying to reverse the trend with more nutritious food in the cafeteria. >> they give us salad. >> in santa clara county there is a campaign telling kids to grab water instead of a soda. >> it has to be systemic. if the students and parents stheq we are the role models. >> they have encouraged the childhood obesity numbers appear to be leveling off but much more needs to be done. >> if we don't join this, this will be first generation that will see a shorter life span than their parents. >> what looks like child's play is s

more from kgo's karina rusk. >> reporter: this is what a medical miracle looks like.njoined and now being held in two sets of arms. >> i'm so touched because when they went up they said mama. >> reporter: jeana-day sabuco is holding her daughter angelina and an aunt is holding angelica. doctors at lucille packard children's hospital separated the twins, who shared a liver and diaphragm. >> we can go home now with their normal lives. and as normal children. >> reporter: this is video of the girls before surgery. for the first two years of their life they were limited by and dependent on each other for counterbalance. physical therapists are helping them relearn how to walk. >> initially, the first couple of days they were so used to walking sideways. so i had to help them facilitate a little bit better so that they're walking more towards toward mom or toward each other. >> reporter: doctors say the healing is ahead of schedule and the high-tech customized chest plates are working as planned. the hospital released this video of the sabuco family sitting all together. a