Esther Quintanilla
ReporterEsther Quintanilla reports on diverse communities for KVPR through the Central Valley News Collaborative, which includes The Fresno Bee, Vida en el Valle, KVPR and Radio Bilingüe.
Growing up in Bakersfield, Esther is a valley native. She earned her B.A. in English with a minor in writing studies from the University of California, Merced. Soon after graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California and received an M.S. in Journalism.
Esther is happy to be back home in the valley and serving the community through her reporting.
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Fresno’s long-awaited Veterans Boulevard officially opened to traffic this week. The project has been in the works for nearly four decades. -
Bitwise Industries seemed to be a blooming hub for innovation in Fresno and the Central Valley. When the company crashed earlier this year, it left a void in the community. Former employees are taking the future of the industry in the Valley into their own hands.
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At its inception, Bitwise Industries aimed to remove barriers into the technology space. It went after underserved cities, hired hundreds of people and promised to create thousands of jobs. But the company gambled on its dreams and quickly ran out of time.
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“They used lie after lie," prosecutors argued as the co-founders were set to appear in court.
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Spanish radio news station Radio Bilingue received $2 million in state funding to expand its Fresno headquarters.
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Investigations are underway after a Bakersfield farmworker was killed while on the job in Santa Barbara County.
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The Fresno Teachers Association and the Fresno Unified School District have gone back and forth on contract negotiations since last November.
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Residents in the city of Woodlake in Tulare County filed government claims against the city as a result of its flood response back in March.
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A law created in 2002 paved the way for Mexican physicians to practice in communities across California. Twenty years later, half a dozen are practicing in the San Joaquin Valley.
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A new report reveals disabled youth in the Kings County Juvenile Center have experienced “horrific conditions” for years.
