Production Staff

Host Bette VasquezBette Vasquez, Host | Television viewers in the greater Sacramento area have enjoyed watching Bette as an anchor at KCRA Channel 3, covering entertainment and the weather. She has produced and directed several primetime specials including Celebrity for KCRA and Women on the Move for KOVR Channel 13. At KOVR Bette became the first female weather reporter in the region and was a general news assignment reporter. She also produced and was co-host of Progresso, a popular Spanish magazine program featuring contemporary people and issues of interest to the Hispanic community. For radio KRAK-FM Bette hosted Mexican-American Profiles, an interview style program featuring notable Mexican Americans in our community. Also fluent in Spanish, Bette does voice-overs and narration and is a popular speaker at community events. She has won many awards including the statewide Latino Eagle Award for outstanding Latin media and a California resolution honoring her dedicated community service.

Jennifer FischerJennifer Fischer, Producer/Reporter | Jennifer has been with Central Valley Chronicles for more than two years and has covered a wide range of topics from on the road travel stories and people profiles, to historical sites and recreational sports. She has co-hosted "Holiday Latin Traditions" and "Latina Health Care," which were co-productions of KVIE and Univision. She is a producer on the "New Valley" series, and has moderated two town hall events for the program. She was also a reporter for KVIE's "California Capitol Week," during its fifth season of broadcast. Jennifer won a Telly Bronze award in 2002 for producing a story on "Delta Towns & People." Prior to coming to KVIE, Jennifer was a reporter and website producer for the NBC-affiliate in Palm Springs and conducted live field reports for three newscasts daily. Previously, Jennifer served as a field producer for KNBC, Los Angeles. Before appearing on television she worked for the PBS-affiliate retail chain "Store of Knowledge" as publicity and promotions manager and was an assistant account executive at the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from California State University, Northridge.

Michelle Monier-Kilgore, Producer | Michelle began working on Central Valley Chronicles in summer of 2000. Since then, her work on the program has been recognized with two "Bronze" Telly awards. One award for a Special Arts Edition of Central Valley Chronicles featuring the Mondavi Center in Davis, and the other for a story on a man who has spent most of his life building a giant metal Dragon. Before coming to KVIE, Michelle worked in local news. She was the main producer at the Fox affiliate in Seattle, where she helped to successfully launch the stations newscast. Previous, she was a producer at the CBS affiliate in Sacramento. She has produced and field produced local and national election shows. Michelle graduated from U.C. Santa Barbara with a B.A. in English.

Pamela Turse, Producer | Pamela has been with KVIE Channel 6 since July of 1999. She is a communications graduate from Quinnipiac College in Connecticut. Born and raised in New Jersey, Pamela discovered KVIE in 1997 when she was hired as an intern to work on the Telly Award-winning documentary, "Stockton The Good Old Days."
Since her arrival, Pamela has worked on numerous KVIE Productions such as the local documentary, "Bittersweet Roots: The Chinese in California's Heartland," and the "New Valley" series, but she devotes much of her time to producing the Venture Out segment for Central Valley Chronicles. Just recently, she was awarded a Silver Telly Award for a profile piece on an inspiring Central Valley man. She enjoys working on stories that involve sports, outdoor activities, or just plain quirky people. She has combined her love of sports and television by working with ARCO Arena and the Sacramento River Cats. Prior to KVIE, she directed the news at her campus station, edited two NCAA commercials for Madison Square Garden Network as well as promotional videos for her college.

Richard Enos, Chief Videographer | Richard has always loved cameras. He shot his first short film at the age of 11 with his father's super-8 film camera. But, it was in college that Richard set his course in television. He earned his degree in Media Communications from California State University Sacramento, where he spent 3 years as the head studio operator for University Media Services.
Richard began his career shooting commercials and corporate video projects. He came to KVIE Television in 1995, and is currently the Chief- Videographer for the Emmy Award winning "Off Limits" series, "Central Valley Chronicles," and "Discover California" - KVIE's first wide screen digital program. Richard's documentary credits include "Uncommon Courage," which earned an Edward R. Murrow award for large-market documentary and "Hope on the Street" for KQED in San Francisco. His work has appeared nationally on PBS, ESPN, and TNT. He has received two Emmy nominations and 10Telly Awards including two Silver Tellys - their top honor.
Richard is also an accomplished sports videographer. Since 1995 he has been a camera operator for the Sacramento Kings where he gets to combine two of his loves - cameras and basketball.