Caelyn Pender
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Reporter @mercnews and @eastbaytimes | Previously @business, @kron4news | Always @the_herald | Reach out: [email protected]
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Joined May 2016
RT @mercnews: Hundreds gather in San Jose, Oakland to protest ICE
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The demonstrations follow others in Los Angeles, where President Trump has deployed the National Guard.
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RT @mercnews: ‘The strike was our last resort’: VTA union has lost its leverage to push for new contract, president says .
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The union and agency have yet to return to in-person negotiations.
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RT @mercnews: San Jose: Judge orders VTA employees back to work
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A Santa Clara County judge ordered striking Valley Transportation Authority employees to return to work at a hearing Wednesday.
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RT @mercnews: Has your commute been impacted by the VTA strike? Have you had to use different forms of transportation than normal? Has ther….
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RT @mercnews: Sheriff’s removal on special election ballot Tuesday in San Mateo County
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‘We are extremely heartened by the votes and the results,’ union spokesperson says
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Trump has threatened mass deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. without permission. But Trump faces two obstacles to carrying out mass deportations in the Bay Area: lack of detention facilities and assistance of local law enforcement. More here:
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Experts take Trump’s threats seriously but say ICE would need to make changes to fulfill them.
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“It was devastating,” said one refugee, an 18-year-old who arrived in the United States from Iraq one day before Trump took office. Now, she and her family have lost access to many of the services that help refugees get on their feet in a new country.
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When President Donald Trump issued a stop work order for agencies providing services to refugees, nonprofits across the Bay Area were left scrambling to support hundreds of refugees who had arrived in the previous 90 days. Read the full story:
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The funding that allows local groups to support hundreds of refugees who have already arrived has disappeared.
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RT @mercnews: Hundreds gather in East San Jose to protest threats of mass deportations
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The protest shut down traffic as community members waved flags and signs.
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RT @mercnews: San Jose mayor confirms Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation
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The federal agency did not provide any further information to San Jose police, the mayor’s office said.
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RT @mercnews: Trump’s Jan. 6 mass pardons include Northern Californians from all walks of life
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All told, more than 1,500 people have been indicted or already prosecuted for the massive Capitol break-in. At least 17 were from Northern California.
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RT @ishaa_trivedi: I'm reporting on fruit again, this time with @caelynpender! Last week we wrote about a hidden resource in the Bay Area -….
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Saratoga, San Jose groups work year-round to tend orchard, pick fruit
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RT @mercnews: ‘From people to people, from heart to heart’: Ukraine lawmakers urge support of Santa Clara County residents in continued war….
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Delegates push for long range missiles and support from citizens.
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RT @mercnews: Gov. Gavin Newsom signs 10 anti-theft bills into law in San Jose
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The ten bills, which were passed by the state legislature earlier this week, are aimed at mitigating organized retail, property and auto theft.
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RT @mercnews: From Normandy to TikTok: WWII veteran shares his wartime stories through online videos
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Papa Jake tells of fighting on beaches of Normandy, then returning 80 years later.
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Do 9,000 minors marry each year in California — or do 15? . The discrepancy in data has contributed to the statehouse stalemate that stalled the bill. Read the story here:
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Anti-child marriage advocates and Planned Parenthood clash over low counts.
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California is one of only four states without a minimum marriage age. A bill that would change that — setting the age to 18 — stalled in the Assembly after opposition from Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. Read the full story:
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“Child marriage destroys almost every aspect of a girl’s life,” one advocate said, calling it a “nightmarish legal trap.”
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RT @mercnews: Survivors of child marriage hold ‘chain-in’ protest outside South Bay legislator’s office
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The protestors pushed Kalra to support a bill that would ban child marriage in California.
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Yesterday, survivors of child marriage gathered outside a South Bay legislator’s office — wearing wedding dresses with chains around their wrists — to urge support for a bill that would set the minimum marriage age in California to 18. Read more:
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The protestors pushed Kalra to support a bill that would ban child marriage in California.
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Thirty years before her election as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum spent four years conducting PhD research in the Bay Area. What did her time here reveal about how she will govern Mexico? I spoke with her colleagues to find out. Read more here:
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Former coworkers and those who knew her at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab reflect on the Mexican president-elect’s personality and background as a scientist.
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