Hilda Gutierrez is an investigative journalist with over 13 years of broadcast news experience in top markets; Los Angeles, Chicago, and now the Bay Area. Gutierrez has been recognized with 8 Emmy Awards and an Edward R Murrow. She is currently an investigative reporter with NBC Bay Area's award-winning Investigative Unit. Throughout her career Gutierrez has taken roles in national, international, and local newsrooms as producer, general assignment reporter, correspondent, and news anchor. Most recently Gutierrez served as a news anchor and bilingual investigative reporter for Telemundo Chicago Investiga and NBC 5 Investigates.
Having joined NBC Telemundo in 2017, Gutierrez covered award-winning and data driven investigations on topics like sexual harassment, police misconduct, registered sex offenders living in hotels, and a true crime docu series known as the Massacre of Gage Park. She also reported extensively on the impact of the Covid health crisis on vulnerable communities. Gutierrez covered Pope Francis’ visit to Mexico in 2016 and investigated deputy abuse inside L.A. County Jail that set off a federal investigation and led to the convictions of nearly two dozen sheriff officials in 2011. Gutierrez has also been a guest anchor on Noticias Telemundo’s nightly national news and collaborated as a national correspondent.
Prior to working in Chicago Gutierrez was a news anchor and especial assignment reporter in Los Angeles. Early in her career she was a producer for national newscast 'Cierre de Edicion' with Enrique Gratas and became an international correspondent for the magazine investigative show ‘En la Mira’. Raised in Los Angeles, Gutierrez was recognized as one of the “Most Influential Latinas in L.A.” by Alegria magazine in 2014. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and Spanish Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles-UCLA and a Broadcast Journalism certification from UCLA Extension. In her free time Gutierrez enjoys exploring, hiking, learning about new cultures, and trying new restaurants locally and abroad.
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Proposed innovation center in downtown Oakland triggers questions, concerns
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‘Their daughters were their world': Aunt speaks after $33M Redwood City crash verdict
On Tuesday, a San Mateo County jury awarded $33 million to twin girls who lost both of their parents in a high-speed street-racing crash in Redwood City nearly four years ago.
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Jury awards $33 million to twin girls who lost parents in Redwood City crash
A San Mateo County jury has awarded $33 million to the twin girls whose parents were killed in a 2022 Redwood City crash.
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Senior tenants in Oakland file sweeping lawsuit alleging unsafe conditions, elder abuse
Nearly 70 current and former tenants of the Oakland Station apartments – all seniors or people with disabilities, or both – filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the building’s owners and managers of negligence, elder abuse, harassment and other civil violations.
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Loyal Waymo customer calls for policy changes after alleged robotaxi attack
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Coast Guard suspends search for 3 people after boat sinks in San Francisco Bay
U.S. Coast Guard crews have suspended a search late Wednesday for three people missing after a boat carrying 20 family members and friends as part of a memorial service capsized a day earlier in the cold, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.
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Exclusive: Doctor sues Kaiser for alleged racism, discrimination, and retaliation
A former Kaiser Permanente psychiatrist who rose to a leadership position inside one of Northern California’s busiest emergency psychiatric departments has filed a lawsuit alleging racism, discrimination, and illegal treatment of vulnerable psychiatric patients.
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A closer look: Ex-doctor suing Kaiser
Investigative reporter Hilda Gutierrez joins Raj Mathai to discuss why a former doctor at Kaiser is now suing the hospital.
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Oakland seniors raise alarm over conditions at affordable housing complex
The Oakland Station was supposed to be a quiet and affordable home to live out their golden years. Instead, dozens of Oakland seniors say they’re living with roaches, garbage and unsafe conditions.
