closer. it is thursday night and the big story on action news tonight is a possible break in this philadelphia murder mystery. lawmen say they have found the victims laptop computer. action news reporter sharee williams is live at police headquarters, sharee what are the details here. reporter: jim it s day four in this investigation and detectives are hot on the trail with this one. not only did they recover her stolen laptop built right now as we speak we re being told here at headquarters three people are being questioned. it s an on investigation and we re still continuing to work it very, very hard. philadelphia police are pushing hard to find out who killed 85-year-old regina prunner holmes. action news learned three people are being questioned by the homicide unit. holmes was found monday inside east mt. airy home beaten stabbed and with her throat slit. police believe robbery was the motive. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey says the investi
abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. the breaking news is in the east bay. right now a brushfire in vallejo is threatening four homes. firefighters say it is burning near ascot parkway and hawsbury. it is about five acres and burning up a steep hill. earlier today sky 7hd was near a 45-acre fire near ascot and georgia street. firefighters kept it from reaching nearby houses. we will bring you developments in the newscast and updates on twitter at abc7 news bay area. i m dan ashley. i m ama daetz. our other top story, police say there is a fake officer complete with an official looking suv stalking people in the east bay. scary. an employee at lawrence livermore laboratory says she was followed all the way to tracy by what appeared to be a livermore police suv. sergio is live with more. sergio? well, right now investigators are trying to rule out the possibility that this suspicious suv did not belong to a different police agency and someone was simp
stricter fight against synthetic drugs, next. now abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. jonathan: first, a storm watch weather alert, several counties under a flash flood watch for rain that is moving in overnight. rain and possible thunderstorms this weekend. which day is better for outdoor plans? steve rudin has the timeline on the showers. steve: we will get all of this out of the way by late tomorrow afternoon, improving conditions. between now and then, we could be looking at flash flooding. the stormscan, most of the metro to the west, west virginia, all of this moves are way overnight. we have the potential of areas of heavy rain. the latest on the flash flood watch has expanded to include the district, alexandria fairfax, prince william and prince george s county, in addition to shenandoah county. that is overnight into the day tomorrow. we could pick up anywhere from one to two inches, depending how quickly they move. 83 degrees right now at dulles international airpo
news is the confirmation of tornadoes in newcastle and berks counties. crews will be at the blue mountain school tilden township all weekend long f was this tornado that slammed into the school last night. winds ripped the roof off and plenty of damage to the buildingself and principal as we mentioned was inside at the time and got out safely and says there was little warning that a tornado was about to hit. i heard hard rain. i mean it happens. we had a rainy summer. and i heard the wind. i was like oh wow and when the building started ceiling tiles started flying at me i knew this was more than strong winds. principal escaped from bumps and bruises and some say she had a guardian aenkle over her and they hope the students can atnd a sister school around the corner next month. newcastle delaware an ef 0 tornado touched down here last night. a viewer captured this ominous cloud. it wiped thought fwhal newcastle industrial complex and mobile home park was damaged you
shock and sadness tonight. friends gather to remember a woman randomly gunned down along san francisco waterfront. this as police art man they say pulled the trigger. good evening. amma is off tonight. shooting happened last night at pier 14 along the embarcadero just steps from the ferry building. police say this man 45-year-old francisco sanchez shot and killed 32-year-old kate finely. cornell is live at pier 14 tonight with the latest on the story. cornell? the tragic shooting has locals and tourist asking why tonight. now kate stein close friends speaking out to us tonight. they say the world has lost an amazing individual. flowers left on pier 14 in memory of kate. friends say she was a true original. she was amazing. she was a very compassionate person. her spill was i hope if he can shoes. heather an elizabeth gather in north beach to share memory and pictures of kate gathering with friends. even an ugly christmas sweater party. she was compassionate and ha