REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — An 18-year-old Redwood City woman suspected of causing a highway crash that killed royal members of the tiny island nation of Tonga, pleaded not guilty Friday to three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Edith Delgado, was arraigned Friday afternoon in San Mateo County Superior Court in a minutes-long hearing. Delgado's family left the courtroom in tears after Judge Thomas Smith raised her bail without explanation from $300,000 to $3 million.
A bail hearing is scheduled July 13 and her preliminary hearing is scheduled July 20th.
Tongan Prince Tu'ipelehake, 55, and his wife, Princess Kaimana, 45, and their driver, Vinisia Hefa, 36, of East Palo Alto, Calif., were dead when rescuers arrived.
1st private supply ship
Astronauts floated into the Dragon, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.
Michigan fire
A wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula grew by 17 percent to more than 21,000 acres Saturday.
Hunger in Africa
Each day is now a struggle for the women of this parched village in north Senegal to keep hungry children at bay.
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