Ten months after a Fairfax teenager was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a deadly Woodacre crash, a Marin County Superior Court judge on Monday denied her request for diversion, deciding to pursue further prosecution.
Inside the windowless courtroom, artificial lighting cast a pallid haze over the tearful audience as Judge James Chou delivered his decision after hours of testimony from family members and friends who offered differing views on accountability for the 17-year-old driver.