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Vicki Gonzalez

Insight Host

Vicki Gonzalez is a Murrow and Emmy award-winning journalist with nearly 15 years of experience as a reporter, news anchor and producer.

Prior to her role as CapRadio’s Insight host, Vicki spent five years as a reporter at NBC’s Sacramento affiliate KCRA, where she produced daily assignments, special reports, breaking news and a documentary. She also worked as a reporter, news anchor and producer at KSNV-TV in Las Vegas, KXFV-TV in Texas and KABC-TV in Los Angeles.

In 2021, Vicki’s reporting was part of two regional Edward R. Murrow awards at KCRA3. Vicki’s field reporting on the Bear Fire, part of the North Complex Fire, earned best newscast. And her coverage of rampant unemployment fraud within California’s EDD was part of best continuing coverage.

In 2020, Vicki’s reporting earned a Regional Edward R. Murrow for the documentary Return to Paradise, which follows four resilient families for a year after the Camp Fire — the deadliest wildfire in California history.

In 2019, Vicki won two Regional Emmys, including one for the half-hour special Hope, Humanity and Housing, which looks at the health disparities of affordable housing and those experiencing homelessness. 

In 2018, Vicki’s reporting on the Oroville Dam spillway crisis, Santa Rosa wildfire, Las Vegas mass shooting and the transgender youth series, Now I Am Me, was part of KCRA 3’s National Edward R. Murrow award for News Excellence. 

Born in Los Angeles, Vicki is a California native and proud of her roots. Her abuelos (grandmother and grandfather) are from Guadalajara, Mexico, her grandmother from Kobe, Japan and her English grandfather was born and raised in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and a member of Mensa International. 

Vicki loves calling Sacramento home with her husband and cats. When she’s not working on Insight, you can find Vicki at the farmer’s market, floating down the American River, on the Jedediah Smith bike trail or bouncing around local restaurants. Outside of town, Vicki is usually exploring the endless trails, lakes and rivers Northern California has to offer.

 

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    Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

    Stories by Vicki Gonzalez

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    Interview: How some Sacramento area school districts are helping refugee students and families

    March 7, 2023

    A significant piece of adjusting to a new county and a new way of life comes from schools. Sacramento Bee reporter Sawsan Morrar spoke with CapRadio's Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez about

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    As California’s COVID emergency ends, Sacramento infectious disease expert shares reflections

    March 1, 2023

    Since the start of the pandemic, UC Davis Health’s Dr. Dean Blumberg was often called upon to help explain developments with the virus. He shared his reflections on the past three years as California’s state of emergency comes to an end.

  • AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File

    Noticed a high utility bill recently? Natural gas prices are rising in California.

    February 28, 2023

    CapRadio’s Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez spoke with UC Berkeley Haas School of Business professor Severin Borenstein about why gas prices suddenly jumped for residents.

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    Birth rates are declining in California. Here’s why experts think it's happening.

    February 23, 2023

    Statewide births hit a peak in 1992, and more than 30 years later, that number dropped by nearly a third. Experts say economic, financial and cultural shifts have played a factor in the complicated decision to have — or not have — children.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Winter storms in California will become more intense as climate change accelerates, study finds

    February 3, 2023

    New research from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that storms in the western United States will likely become larger and drop even more precipitation than previously seen.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    California storm victims may be eligible for federal assistance. Here’s how.

    January 18, 2023

    Recent storms have toppled trees, forced flooding and landslides and killed at least 20 people statewide. Federal assistance may be available for those whose property was damaged in Sacramento County, here’s how to access those resources.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

    California needs to prepare to live with less water, new report suggests

    December 2, 2022

    The PPIC released a report in November covering the state of water in California. Its authors found that rising temperatures and intense drought has depleted state water supplies in reservoirs, groundwater reserves and the snowpack.

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    Yosemite plans to drop its reservation system in summer 2023

    November 30, 2022

    The reservation system was put into place in 2020 to slow the flow of visitors flocking to the park during the early months of the pandemic. The system remained in place through this past summer, partly due to park renovations.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

    California finance department spokesperson explains how state went from record budget surplus to possible $25B deficit

    November 29, 2022

    A report from the LAO forecast that California could face up to a $25 billion budget shortfall in 2023. H.D. Palmer, who heads the state’s Department of Finance, explained how the budget came to see a deficit after a record-high surplus in 2022.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    California’s Secretary of State: Election Day went ‘without glitches’

    November 11, 2022

    Secretary of State Shirley Weber sat down with CapRadio’s Insight host Vicki Gonzalez on Thursday to provide a look at how election results are shaping up.

 

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