francisco. jeff wright was a colleague and friend. it s a really big loss, but my heart is so full. reporter: it s unclear how philips contracted meningitis. wright says his wife shared he was being treated for flu-like symptoms. marin health and human services was notified tuesday. philips autopsy revealed he had meningitis. most of the time it s an isolated incident like this. our goal tois to make sure this remains at one case. reporter: health and human services sent letters like this one to approximately 250 people that may have had close contact with philips. you hear meningitis and you re like, uh-oh. so everybody googles it to see if something possibly could be spread to you. reporter: in an e-mailed statement a spokesperson says we are deeply saddened by the passing of one of our riders. while the rider did not contract our infection at our studio, we have nonetheless been in constant communication with the department of health. the risk of transmissio
live where you live, this is abc7 news. [ laughter ] it was supposed to be a road trip filled with laughs for two best friends from the way bay area. it turned into a story of survival, filled with immense tragedy. i m eric thomas. we ll get to that story in just a minute. first, breaking news in emeriville. police are investigating a shooting outside of hyatt place hotel. let s get right to sergio quintana. what are you learning? reporter: eric, hyatt place, as you can see, is right behind me. police still have this area cordoned off. what we understand is that there was a shooting that happened in front of that hotel and then at least one of the victims ran from the scene, across the street to the parking lot here at this shopping center. let s go ahead and show you some video we shot earlier from our emeriville bureau camera. in that video, there is a man that is being taken away by paramedics in a stretcher. we understand that is one of the victims. we also understand
through noontime, it will be dissipating and we will see temperatures in the 50s, by the afternoon, another dry and sunny day and we will talk about the rain which returns for the second half of the upcoming workweek in a few minutes. emeriville police are looking for the gunman that shot two people outside the hayat hotel. the two victims worked for hernan profit. this happened about 10:00 last night. officers have not made any arrests, and they are still looking for witnesses. a fun road trip for two castro valley high school graduates turned tragic and deadly in the blink of an eye. they were driving back to castro valley from the men duh seen yo area, when their car hydroplaned crash into a creek, and only natalie survived. and the girls were best friends until the very end. reporter: this video of jennifer laughing was taken wednesday morning, and by wednesday night her car hydroplaned off of 101 and into a small creek near willets, california. and natalie griffin
outside a hayat place hotel. a witness tells abc 7 news the two victims worked for her non-profit. our emeriville camera shows a man being taken out of the shopping center on a stretcher. police say he ran across the street and into the store after the shooting, and officers have not made any arrests and are still looking for witnesses. a fun road trip for two high school grads turn tragic and deadly in the blank of an eye. they were driving back to castro valley when their car hydroplaned and crash into the a creek, and only natalie survived. abc 7 news reporter tells us the girls were best friends until the very end. reporter: this video of jenna santos laughing while on the road trip was taken on wednesday morning, and by wednesday night her car had hydroplaned off of highway 101 and into a swollen creek near willets, california. her best friend, natalie griffin was in the passenger s seat and she noticed a way to escape from the sinking car, through a broken rear wind
and good morning, everyone. i m carol lynn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 15th. let s tart with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist. it s foggy in the valleys around the bay. from livermore to concord, quarter of a mile, half mile at oakland. problems at the airport all morning long. sfo not bad. but some of it around the santa clara valley as well. there s a life look. mid-40s in san francisco as well as san jose. it s not as cold but it s certainly a thick deck of fog out there if you happen to be riding your bike, taking a walk. it s going to be a while before it burns back. by the next hour we ll see it begin to dissipate. 35 in santa rosa and we ll be left with this, mid and upper 50s today, several dry days before the rain returns. the trump administration begins this week. for many a cloud hangs over his presidency because of russia s meddling in the election process. joining us now to talk about that is east bay congressman eri