A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A STUDENT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAND TRIAL. 37 YEAR-OLD TANYA THIENNGERN HAS RECENTLY COME OUT OF A COMA, AND MAY NOT BE FIT TO STAND TRIAL. THIENNGERN’S ATTORNEY PLANS TO ASK A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TO DISMISS THE CHARGES AGAINST HER. THIENNGERN WAS STRUCK BY A TAXI WHEN CROSSING A STREET IN OCTOBER, AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
