. >>> new information about an explosion at a santa rosa gas station, what they were doing before came up in flames. >>> plus, an overnight stabbing injured a person and a family pet, stay tuned. >>> we will have more coming up, stay tuned. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. really? [ male announcer ] kate uses her citibank debit card because kate knows there are some things you shouldn't be charged for. refill? i'm ok. [ male announcer ] so does that guy. the citibank debit card with no monthly fee. easier banking. standard at citibank. . >>> welcome back to ktvu channel 2 news, happy thanksgiving. >> i am pam cook, thank you for joining us, it is lady's day because rosemary is in for steve, good morning to you. >>> we have that storm passing overhead, it is a weak system but boy is it crawling over the area. north bay up to two inches we have light rain along the peninsular south bay east bay but the north bay where the rain started it is starting to diminish. we'll see a possibility for the afternoon, we will show you the

. >>> we have more information about the explosion at santa rosa gas station. three men are suspected of stealing fuel yesterday. they caught the men filling multiple containers that were kept inside the van. then it appears somebody either lit a cigarette and ignited the gas vapor. nobody was seriously hurt. >>> somebody tampered with credit card readers at more than a dozen stores. they were in a self checkout line and there have been no reported complaints. >> -- lucky is telling people to keep an eye on their bank cuts -- bank accounts. >>> right now they are preparing for their largest meal distribution ever and in just a few hours they will start delivering this much needed food. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, you can see they are already in the thanksgiving spirit and it is buzzing with activity down here. as you said, a lot of meals to present and it will be a total of 4600 people normally people who are house bound, people who can't make it out of bounds. we are moving over to chef shawn bradley, how big of a task is it to get this ready? >>

. >>> a fire at a santa rosa gas station burned a van and sent a man not hospital this morning at the 76 station at highway 12 around 4:20 a.m. firefighters found a man with burns walking along highway 12 not far away. static electricity could have caused the fire. >>> johannes mehserle took the witness stand in federal court in san francisco this morning n a civil trial over an arrest. he took part in in 2008. ktvu photographer captured this exclusive video of mehserle as he arrived at the courthouse this morning. he is one of five former or current police officers being sued over an arrest six weeks before the fatal shooting of oscar grant. the man arrested is kenneth carruthers who claimed the officers punched and kicked him. >> our defense of the facts in the case. >> what are they? >> as the evidence went in yesterday, that exactly as the officers reported it, as to eyewitnesses reported. >> oscar grant's uncle attended. >> had bart took responsibility of johannes mehserle' actions that night, my nephew oscar grant would probably still be living today. >> mehserle was convicted o

. >>> we now have more information about the explosion at the santa rosa gas station. e men are suspected of stealing fuel, surveillance video caught the men filling multiple containers and then the explosion happened. somebody either lit a cigarette and ignited the gas vapor. nobody was seriously injured and police are still looking for the men. >>> his wife was denied entry into a campus pool. a person close to the family said the average person was turned away, but we are now hearing reports that the pool was closed to everybody. an announcement posted to everybody shows reduced hours for the thanksgiving break. >>> california lawmakers will have two child abuse reports. one calls for nonprofit organizations to lose their tax exempt status if they are caught failing to report child abuse. another bill would make college administrators mandatory reports of suspected abuse. >>> it is a touching story, the loyal dog that refuses to leave the grave of his owner and now a dog's life is in danger, coming up on mornings on two. >>> some of the roads are slippery out there.

. >>> an attempt to steal fuel from a gas station may have sparked a fire near santa rosa. he damage to the union 76 station at state highway 12 is so extensive the business is red tagged. the fire destroyed a carpet cleaning van. investigators say video shows three people collecting fuel in a plastic container yesterday morning. investigators think something in the van ignited. three people ran off, a man suffering from burns was found walking down highway 12. >>> the smell in richmond is so bad and constant the city council will discuss eight as an emergency agenda item. the rotten egg smell has been part of richmond life for years. all points to the water treatment plant as the source. arguments have gone back and forth that the odor is a maintenance or capitol improvement problem. >> what is not disputed is the odor coming out of that plant has been a major problem over the last year. no question about. >> so it stinks? >> yes, it stinks. >> the owner of the treatment plant admits the odor is their problem and they tell us they are working on it. the city council will ta

. >>> 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 the proceedings were the uncle and aunt of oscar grant the bart ride

rosa police. >>> they are looking for the man who deliberately ran down an iran war veteran leaving him in a coma. the man left the jack in the box in a gas station boulevard on gary boulevard early thanksgiving morning. it is believed he was driving a late mazda cx with custom spoke rims. for a closer look click on the hit-and-run on the top page -- >> this oakland man claims he was beaten by johannesburg. he testified in a courtroom yesterday. he told the jury that he was thrown to the ground while four other bart police officers bunched and kicked him. the incident happened at the oakland bart station six weeks before the fatal shooting of oscar grant. >>> well there is a new problem for herman cane's campaign this morning. a woman in georgia said she and cane had an affair that lasted 13 years. her affair ended a few months before his bid for the presidential nomination. he denies it saying he knows her but was only trying to help her financially. >> i was aware he was married and i was also aware i was involved in a very inappropriate situation. >> the thing i am worried about is the impact it will have on my wife and my children because the