almost 71 year-old driver karen cartagena will not have to go to jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge. >> miss cartagena is profoundly and utterly devastated by what happened. >> attorney greg mendez represents karen cartagena. the 71 year old drove into a family at fourth and king, killing a four year old girl in a stroller . police say it was a tragic accident, mendez explains what led up to the collision at the time of the incident, there were circumstantial evidence which suggested that miss cartagena should continue driving. >> taking the right turn based upon indications from a traffic signal operator as well as the fact that, at least one person behind her was apparently honking their horn, indicating that she was holding up traffic and that she should drive ahead. >> mendez says cartagena read an emotional letter of apology in court that brought the judge and others to tears. >> she is beyond remorseful, and her life, is, has changed. >> the victim's family, who are now back in korea, also had heartfelt written letters read by a translator. cartag

. >>> a settlement has been reached in the case of karen cartagena who is accused of fatally striking a 4-year-old child in san francisco back in august. in a statement, district attorney brooke jenkins says the case will not go to trial per the family's wishes and then agree that cartagena will serve 400 hours of committee service and completed driver safety class with a no driving condition until that class is completed. she added that she hopes the settlement will bring the family some solace as they work to heal and rebuild. >>> google has fired 28 workers who held a protest this week inside offices in sunnyvale and new york. bay area employees staged a sit in and live streamed the event. the group was protesting google project nimbus, contract with the israeli government. police arrested nine on charges of trespassing. we reached out to google for comment but have not heard back. >>> monday's protest was part of a national day of action calling for an end of the war in gaza. demonstrations also took place at the golden gate bridge and interstate 880 in oakland during the morning

attorney greg mendez represents karen cartagena, the 71 year old drove into a family at fourth and king, killing a four year old girl in a stroller. police say it was a tragic accident. mendez explains what led up to the collision. >> at the time of the incident, there were uh. there's circumstantial evidence which suggested that miss cartagena should continue driving. taking the right turn based upon indications from a traffic signal operator, as well as the fact that, at least one person behind her was apparently honking their horn, indicating that she was holding up traffic and that she should drive ahead. >> mendez says cartagena read an emotional letter of apology in court that brought the judge and others to tears. >> she is beyond remorseful, and her life, is has been forever changed. >> the victim's family, who are now back in korea, also had heartfelt written letters read by a translator. cartagena will face two years of court probation, 400 hours of community service and she'll need to complete a driver's ed course. luke bornheimer, a sustainable transportation advocate, does

. >> dan, 71, year-old driver karen cartagena won't have to go to jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanoranslaughter charge. miss cartagena is profoundly and

the driver, 71 year old karen cartagena, was charged with vehicular manslaughter. but today, district attorney brooke jenkins announced after consulting with the victim's family. the driver will serve two years probation and 400 hours of community service. she also can't drive again until she completes a driver safety class. >> it is a story we brought you as breaking news right here last night at 11. we now know what led up to that police shooting in west oakland. we'll have the very latest details next. >> and in tonight's west coast rap, a major project aimed to help protect wildlife. the milestone it recently hit here in the state. >> and it was a long time in the making. the san francisco zoo, though, will soon be getting pandas for the first time in decades city of idaho students said that cell phone data can prove his innocence. >> and this story does begin tonight's west coast rap and a new court filing. brian coburn attorneys say his alibi can be backed up by his phone's location. kohberger says he was out driving by himself the night the four students wer

police later arrested 71-year-old karen cartagena who faces vehicular manslaughter charges. police say she failed to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. >>> tesla's stock price appears to be holding steady despite settling a high profile lawsuit that involved the death of an apple engineer in 2018 who crashed after activating the autopilot feature. the jury was set to begin this week in the south bay. walter wong died in a car crash on highway 101 after his model x crashed into a barrier. ntsb investigators found tesla's technology was at least partially to blame, along with a possible driver distraction and confusing lane rerouting due to construction. his family filed a wrongful death suit claiming the company exaggerated its self-driving abilities. a legal analyst calls the agreement an interesting one for tesla. >> the fact that a settlement was reached suggests that tesla did see exposure if this case went to a jury. >> we did reach out to tesla for a comment, but did not hear back. the company is requesting the terms of the settlement remain sealed. >>> illegal week

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