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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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.
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In early September, pro-immigration protesters gathered at the offices of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Clovis, Bakersfield and Washington D.C.
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A new grant from Kaiser Permanente will help pay for heat safety supplies for farmworkers in the Fresno-Madera area.
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The city of Fresno released documents detailing its efforts to report an illegal biomedical lab found in Reedley. City officials claim the state did not act quickly enough to help shut it down.
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A thunderstorm brought on by Tropical Storm Hilary filled the Tule River with debris and caused a power outage on the Tule River Indian Reservation. The tribe declared an emergency after the reservation’s water treatment system failed.
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U.S. Senator Alex Padilla visited Delano on Friday to introduce a bill that would create a federal workplace heat standard. The legislation comes the same month a farmworker died in the Fresno area, reportedly after working in extreme heat.
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The brutal Mineral Fire in 2020 caused hundreds of rural western Fresno County residents to seek shelter indoors. But even inside their homes, many couldn't avoid the health effects of wildfire smoke. A team of researchers is testing a new way to improve indoor air quality.
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More than 100 unionized healthcare workers disrupted a Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting. The union is demanding higher wages and healthcare benefits.