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Central Valley DailyJune 16: In Fresno, Students Add Their Own Flavor To Old Mariachi MusicFor students, summer is the time to take on new skills when they’re not in school. For a group of them in Fresno, this summer has included handling instruments and learning all about mariachi history. Journalist Esther Quintanilla with the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative takes us to the rehearsal room to hear the students’ finished pieces. Plus, the latest news headlines: A UC Merced report analyzes the potential cost of immigration raids on jobs; and a Kern County supervisor’s husband remains in jail.2025-07-1615 min
KQED's The California ReportLos Angeles Ramps Up Preparations For Summer OlympicsIn Los Angeles, the clock is ticking down, faster and faster it seems, to July 14th, 2028. That's the opening day of the Summer Olympics Games, followed shortly by the Paralympic Games. And as that date draws closer, the scale of the challenges that face Los Angeles to get ready is starting to sink in.
Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report
A transgender female athlete took home two gold medals and one silver medal at this weekend’s statewide track and field championships held in Clovis. It marked a rare moment for high sc...2025-06-0211 minCentral Valley DailyJune 2: A Valley Program Hopes To Inspire Young Minds For CollegeA program is helping students in rural Fresno County get an early look at university life. Central Valley Journalism Collaborative reporter Esther Quintanilla brings us the story on how students as young as kindergarten through 8th grade are taking part.2025-06-0210 minCentral Valley DailyApr. 28: Misty Her Is Chosen To Lead Fresno Unified. Here’s How She Got There.We speak with Esther Quintanilla, reporter with the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative. She details how Misty Her made it to the Fresno Unified superintendent position and the criticism from some about her selection.2025-04-2810 minCentral Valley DailyFeb. 28: English-Learner Students At This Valley School District Are Seeing Surprising ResultsIn one school district in the Central Valley, students and teachers are seeing surprising learning improvements among English learners. That’s despite a pandemic causing learning delays for many students. In today’s episode, we talk with Esther Quintanilla, a reporter with the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, about what’s behind the learning improvements. Plus, the latest news headlines: A Fresno police officer accuses the city of retaliation, and what do voters think of President Trump so far?2025-02-2814 minCentral Valley DailyFeb. 10: National Immigration Debate Reaches Fresno ClassroomsThe immigration debate over President Trump’s enforcement policies has reached classrooms. In recent weeks, hundreds of Central Valley students have walked out of class and protested in the street because they are concerned about mass deportation efforts. Today, we speak with Esther Quintanilla, a reporter at the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, about how schools and educators are responding to immigration concerns among students and parents. Plus, the latest news headlines, including how farmers reacted to Trump’s release of Valley water and a rabies scare in Reedley.2025-02-1014 min
KQED's The California ReportCentral Valley Immigrants Prepare For Potential Conflict With Trump AdministrationImmigrant communities worry Donald Trump will make good on promises of mass deportations now that he has been elected to a second term in the White House. That could have big consequences for California’s agricultural communities. The state says about half of all farmworkers are undocumented.Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR In Northern California, law enforcement authorities say two kindergarteners who were shot at a school in Butte County are in extremely critical condition. Reporter: Adia White, North State Public RadioCalifornia prisons will no longer...2024-12-0511 minCentral Valley DailyDec. 2: How The Valley Is Stepping In For Immigrants Before Trump Takes OfficeDonald Trump is set to return to office in January when he’s sworn in as the 47th U.S. president. Immigrant communities across the U.S. worry he will make good on promises of mass deportations. So how are groups preparing to support immigrants who might be caught up in those actions? We speak with KVPR’s Esther Quintanilla on the steps some local groups and officials are taking now. Plus, the latest news headlines, including, what does California’s lieutenant governor know about a retaliation case at Fresno State? And more disruption for a Valley raw milk producer.2024-12-0214 minCentral Valley DailyOct. 31: As Donald Trump Promises Mass Deportations, How Will That Look In The Valley?Former president Donald Trump is promising mass deportations for millions of undocumented people across the U.S. if he is re-elected to the White House. We discuss with KVPR's Esther Quintanilla how such a move would impact the Central Valley. The region is home to thousands of undocumented residents, who work in crucial industries, like agriculture. Plus, the latest news headlines, including California's top cop intervening in the Kern River fight, and advocates worrying about workers amid bird flu cases.2024-10-3113 min
KQED's The California ReportFresno Landlord Hopes Her Home Can Be Model To End Barriers For HousingLast month, a Fresno County ordinance went into effect that prohibits people from sleeping or camping on public property. So where will the city’s thousands of unhoused people go next? An untraditional program is attempting to reduce some barriers to housing. Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, gives protection from deportation to more than half a million undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as kids, including tens of thousands in California. The latest in a series of legal battles over the prog...2024-10-1111 minCentral Valley DailyOct. 2: Can This Idea Solve Fresno’s Housing Crisis?Amid a crackdown on homelessness and public camping, a little-known program in Fresno is setting out to reduce barriers to housing and help people get back on their feet. KVPR’s Esther Quintanilla reports on how the program works and who it’s helping.Plus, the latest news headlines, including a new center in Merced focusing on “generational healing,” and a new poll shows a tight race for House District 22.2024-10-0212 min
KQED's The California ReportAn Iconic Roadside Landmark In Central Valley Doesn't Have Much Time LeftHighway 99 has its share of iconic landmarks: there’s Buck Owens Crystal Palace, the Delano Box of Mandarins, the McFarland Runners, and the Merced Mammoths. But in Madera County, you might not recognize the Palm and the Pine. The two trees are said to represent the middle of California and have been there for nearly a hundred years. But they might not have much time left.Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR California lawmakers passed a controversial warehouse bill on the final day of the legislative session, despite opposition from environmental justice groups, industry and...2024-09-0211 min
KQED's The California ReportCentral Valley Farmworkers Learning New Skills For Changing Agriculture EnvironmentIn March, the country’s largest stone fruit producer laid off thousands of workers in the San Joaquin Valley. The announcement came months after the Fresno-based company, Prima Wawona, declared bankruptcy. The collapse has left many in the Central Valley wondering how prepared the workforce is for industry disruptions.Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR California firefighters often wear protective gear that also has some amount of toxic chemicals in it. Now efforts are underway to change that. Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...2024-05-2910 min
Once Upon A CrimeBest of Once Upon a Crime: The Life and Death of SelenaThis episode of 'Once Upon a Crime' revisits a popular series from Season 1 titled 'The Day the Music Died,' focusing on the tragic endings of musical icons, including Selena Quintanilla Perez. The episode explores Selena's rise to fame as a star in Tejano music, her groundbreaking achievements, and her untimely death at 23. Additionally, it delves into Selena's early life and career, her family's influence, the formation of Selena y Los Dinos, and her significant impact on Tejano and pop music. The episode also covers her troubled relationship with Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of embezzling from Selena’s businesses and...2024-05-1413 min
KQED's The California ReportPalestinian Family Turns To Food, Tradition To Take Mind Off Of WarIsrael’s attacks on Gaza have lasted over 200 days and the devastation can be seen around the world. As the war continues, families in the U.S. with Palestinian roots are having to watch the destruction from afar. Many are leaning into their traditions.Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR A controversial California housing law is unconstitutional, according to a superior court judge who made the ruling this week. Senate Bill 9 lets homeowners in single family neighborhoods split their lot and build two new homes on each.Reporter: Erin Baldassari, KQED 2024-04-2610 min
KQED's The California ReportLA Outreach Workers Try To Catch Renters Before They Face EvictionCOVID eviction protections have lapsed for renters in the city of Los Angeles. Now, city outreach workers are going door-to-door, hoping to catch renters before they’re evicted. And they’re using new data to find those most in need of help.Reporter: David Wagner, LAist Fresno is the latest city in California to find itself on the receiving end of a bus full of asylum seekers. They were sent from Texas, victims of Governor Greg Abbott’s immigration battle with the Biden administration.Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR2024-02-0710 min
KQED's The California ReportState Regulators To Vote On New Emergency Rules For Stonecutters' SafetyCalifornia regulators are set to vote this week on new emergency rules to protect workers power cutting “engineered stone” to make kitchen countertops. The factory-made material is linked to an aggressive lung disease killing workers.Reporter: Farida Jhabvala RomeroLast week, the city of Fresno became one of the first in the nation to raise the Palestinian flag, in solidarity with those killed in the Gaza Strip. The flag raising comes two months after Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer publicly showed support for Israel and made insensitive comments about the ongoing conflict.Rep...2023-12-1110 min
KQED's The California ReportDoctors From Mexico Fill Critical Language And Health Gaps For California PatientsAttorneys representing people who reported being sexually assaulted during Uber rides are seeking safety improvements from the company, as part of a new consolidated lawsuit.Reporter: Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman, KQEDGovernor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill extending a state law that makes it easier to build affordable housing in cities that have failed to meet state housing goals.Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQEDA bill passed in 2002 created a pilot program that allowed Mexican physicians to practice in disadvantaged communities across California. Now, legislators want to...2023-10-1210 min
KQED's The California ReportAt Least 3 Killed In Mass Shooting At Orange County Cook's Corner BarA gunman killed three people and wounded six in a mass shooting in Orange County last night. It happened around 7:00 p.m. at Cook’s Corner, a bar popular with motorcyclists located in Trabuco Canyon in east Orange County. The shooter also died at the scene, likely killed, law enforcement says, by responding deputies.West Coast cities, from Seattle to San Diego, have housing shortages that are driving up rents and pushing some people into homelessness. According to new data on apartment construction, that problem is getting even worse.Reporter: Anna Scott, KC...2023-08-2410 min
El ÁgoraEl Ágora. De la Ventanilla y el Cajero a la Banca DigitalEsta semana analizamos cómo ha sido la evolución de la banca digital, fundamentalmente en los años posteriores a la pandemia.
Hablamos con Raúl del Pozo, economista y profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales en la UCLM y con Sebastián Haro, director de la oficina de Globalcaja en Barrax.
Además, en la entrevista contamos con la participación de Carlos Esparcia Sanchís, profesor ayudante Doctor en la UCLM en el Área de Economía Financiera, perteneciente al Departamento de Análisis Económico y Finanzas.
Y en la mesa redonda, debatimos junto a Justo Mora...2023-06-1331 min
KQED's The California ReportGovernor Newsom Surveys Flood Damage in PajaroGovernor Newsom visits the flooded farm community of Pajaro in Monterey County and talks about how all the weather has been wearing people down. On the positive side, mandatory water restrictions were lifted for nearly 7 million people in Southern California.Snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada sent water gushing into Valley communities last week. With a break in the storms, communities in the eastern San Joaquin Valley are assessing the damage. Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KQEDIt's been a rough winter for California's mountain communities as storm after storm has struck the state. Truckee Mayor Lindsay Romack...2023-03-1611 min
KQED's The California ReportMany Residents In San Bernardino Mountain Communities Remain Stranded Due To SnowAlthough progress is being made, many people who have been stuck in communities in the San Bernardino Mountains due to the massive amount of snowfall might not receive assistance for several more days. Crews have been able to clear off many main roads, but the excess snow is piling up, trapping many people in their homes. The closure of Madera Community Hospital in late December has left thousands of people without access to regular checkups, emergency services and specialized care. That includes one patient who is struggling to find a place nearby to get cancer tr...2023-03-0611 min
KQED's The California ReportPlanada Enters Third Day of Evacuations As More Storms Loom AheadMonterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto is warning people to be prepared for the Monterey Peninsula to become an island because of flooding from the Salinas River. Nieto warned that flooding Thursday could eliminate all travel routes on or off the peninsula, leaving people stranded on either side. As the winter storms move through the state, power outages and flooding can make it hard for families to get and preserve food. State officials say families who get CalFresh benefits can apply for replacement funds on their EBT card if their food was lost or destroyed du...2023-01-1212 min
KQED's The California ReportInside One of the Biggest Strikes in History of U.S Higher EducationThousands of Employees of the University of California Remain on StrikeAt U.C. Merced, the system’s newest campus, employees are calling on the UC Regents to raise wages so they can afford housing. Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR A U.C. Berkeley Ph.D Candidate Studying Reptiles Decides to StrikeStrikers, represented by the United Auto Workers are disrupting business on UC campuses at a pivotal time in the semester. Isaac Krone is a PHD candidate who studies reptiles, but he says he hasn't been able to focus on his res...2022-11-1510 min
KQED's The California ReportHotels Could Be Required To Provide Rooms For The Unhoused Population In LALos Angeles voters will decide whether they want to require hotels across the city to provide vacant rooms to unhoused people. The City Council voted Friday to put the contentious hotel voucher program on the 2024 ballot.Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KCRW Farmworkers from across the state have joined the “March for the Governor’s Signature,” a 335 mile trek from Kern County to Sacramento, to show support for a voting rights bill. Although farmworkers say the bill is critical for unionization, some argue that it will not accomplish what it’s intended to do.Reporte...2022-08-0817 min
KQED's The California ReportDodgers Legendary Announcer Vin Scully Dies At 94He was the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers for decades. On Tuesday, Vin Scully died at the age of 94.Guest: Bill Shaikin, Reporter, L.A. TimesCalifornia faces increased wildfire danger across much of the state into the fall months. This comes as crews continue to battle the biggest fire of the year in Siskiyou County.Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED Farmworkers from across California are beginning a march up the Central Valley on Wednesday morning. It’s all to support a voting rights bill. ...2022-08-0315 min
La Clem de La ClemI Love Life - Teatre sobre el suïcidi 1a part: 'Lacrimosa' a Sala Atrium i 'El Sensespai' a Sala FlyhardA I Love Life abordem el tema del suïcidi a través de dues obres que ens han sorprés molt gratament per la seva valenta proposta: 'Lacrimosa' de Bàrbara Mestanza i Francesc Cuéllar (Sala Atrium fins el 27-3) i 'El Sensespai' de Lara Díez Quintanilla (Sala Flyhard fins el 19 d'abril).Salut - ràdio - podcast - salut mental - salut emocional - Laura Clemente2022-03-1435 min
La Clem de La ClemEntrevista a Lara Díez Quintanilla, autora i directora de 'El Sensespai', Sala Flyhard.Hem entrevistat la dramatruga, actriu i psicòloga Lara Díez Quintanilla en ocasió de l'estrena a Sala Flyhard d'una obra seva imprescindible, 'El Sensespai', que l'autora també dirigeix i cointerpreta. Produïda també per aquesta sala emblemàtica de Barcelona.'El Sensespai' tracta sobre temes molt importants: l'etiqueta diagnòstica dels trastorns o problemes de salut mental, els pensaments i intents de suïcidi, el procés de teràpia i el seu seguiment, i tot el que deriva de no haver tractat temes com els abusos o maltractaments des de la infantesa. Agraïm moltíssim a la creadora...2022-03-0721 min
Podcast DiapasónDiapasón-programa nº 294 (05-05-2020) Compositores yeclanosLa edición nº 294 del espacio Diapasón será temática, en ella podremos escuchar piezas de muchos compañeros y compañeras de la Asociación de Amigos de la Música de nuestra ciudad, como es el caso de Esther Pérez, Jesús Puche, Roberto Puche, Ramiro Martínez-Quintanilla, Elías Rodríguez, Javier Soriano, Juan Manuel Palao, y muchos más.2020-05-0559 min
Salud Integral, Vida y FamiliaPrograma 21 – Tanatología y MuerteInvitada: Tanatóloga Esther Segovia Martínez Porque ustedes lo pidieron, a partir de ésta emision subiremos los programas para que puedan escucharlos en su computadora o suscribirse via podcast a los nuevos capítulos.2007-11-0225 min