Caelyn Pender

San Jose

Breaking News Reporter at The Mercury News

Breaking News Reporter at East Bay Times

Reporter @mercnews and @eastbaytimes | Previously @business, @kron4news | Always @the_herald | Reach out: [email protected]

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Warm spring week forecast in Bay Area to follow drizzly Monday

2 days ago | mercurynews.com | Caelyn Pender

Following a gray and drizzly day Monday, temperatures were forecast to warm up across the Bay Area over the next several days, bringing in normal spring weather ahead of hotter-than-average temperatures forecast for next week, according to the National Weather Service. On Monday morning, a light band of rain traveled across the Bay Area, primarily impacting the East Bay and South Bay, said National Weather Service meteorologist Dial Hoang.
Gilroy Unified School District sued over alleged failure to protect students

6 days ago | eastbaytimes.com | Caelyn Pender
Gilroy Unified School District sued over alleged failure to protect students

6 days ago | mercurynews.com | Caelyn Pender

Lawsuit alleges that district does not have sufficient safety procedures to protect students from physical attacks on campus
Bay Area airports remain calm as REAL ID deadline to fly arrives

6 days ago | siliconvalley.com | Caelyn Pender

SAN JOSE — As the deadline requiring a REAL ID to fly domestically arrived Wednesday, airport lines across the Bay Area largely remained at standard lengths. Beginning Wednesday, travelers were expected to bring a REAL ID-compliant state drivers license or identification card for domestic air travel, no longer using a standard driver’s license or ID card some 20 years after Congress passed the REAL ID law in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Bay Area airports remain calm as REAL ID deadline to fly arrives

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Caelyn Pender

SAN JOSE — As the deadline requiring a REAL ID to fly domestically arrived Wednesday, airport lines across the Bay Area largely remained at standard lengths. Beginning Wednesday, travelers were expected to bring a REAL ID-compliant state drivers license or identification card for domestic air travel, no longer using a standard driver’s license or ID card some 20 years after Congress passed the REAL ID law in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
San Jose school district tax parcel trails in early results

1 week ago | modbee.com | Caelyn Pender

SAN JOSE — A special election measure that would extend San Jose Unified School District’s $72 parcel tax for eight years trailed in early returns after polls closed Tuesday night, with 60% of voters supporting a measure that requires two-thirds yes votes, according to results released by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters’ Office.
About 60% of voters in support of San Jose school district tax parcel in early results

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Caelyn Pender

SAN JOSE — After the polls closed Tuesday night in a special election that will decide whether San Jose Unified School District’s $72 tax parcel will be extended for another eight years, early results showed about 60% of voters casting ballots in support of the measure, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters’ Office.
Oakland: Two men shot Tuesday afternoon

1 week ago | modbee.com | Caelyn Pender

OAKLAND — Two men were shot near Oakland City Hall Tuesday afternoon, according to the Oakland Police Department. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. at the edge of the Oakland City Hall plaza near the intersection of 14th Street and Broadway, authorities said. Officers were in the vicinity when the gunshots were heard and located the two male victims, authorities added. The victims were transported to an area hospital for treatment. The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.
Oakland: Two men shot Tuesday afternoon

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Caelyn Pender

OAKLAND — Two men were shot on Franklin Street Tuesday afternoon, according to the Oakland Police Department. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. near the 1400 block of Franklin Street, authorities said. Officers were in the vicinity when the gunshots were heard and located the two male victims, authorities added. The victims were transported to an area hospital for treatment. The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.
Search for missing 79-year-old hiker to be scaled back Tuesday

1 week ago | modbee.com | Caelyn Pender

PORTOLA VALLEY — The ongoing search for a 79-year-old woman who disappeared while hiking was set to be downgraded to a limited continuous search on Tuesday at sunset, the sixth day of searching, according to a press release from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Margaret "Elaine" McKinley, a resident of Redwood City who has dementia, went missing Thursday after being separated from her family on a hike along the Lost Trail.