Newsletter
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By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
Let's get this out of the way. No, I'm not pregnant. (insert "haha" here.) But I did just finish reading an article on CNN Health about families who conceive once again after the loss of a child. You can read ...
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By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
One of my latest articles, Battle of the Bulge, takes a look at Victoria in comparison to Corpus Christi, our closest big city neighbor and well, just that, a BIG city. It was voted the fattest city not only in ...
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By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
I still remember the feeling of my heart inching its way up into my throat. I took those final steps up the stairs of the Victoria Advocate dressed in a khaki pant, and salmon-colored shirt for my first full-time job. ...
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Rain rain go away? No, stay here!
By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
I find myself turning every couple of minutes and looking at my editor's window. I can see rain slipping down the glass panel. Finally. For those of you who don't know, I can be a bit psychotic when it comes ...
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Furthering my education for the betterment of Victoria.
By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
Great news for me and for Victoria. I learned today that I was accepted into a fellowship I had applied for early last week. The Robert C. Maynard Institute has a multimedia editing program that I have heard is very ...
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By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
We want your experiences on bullying. Last Sunday, Julian Cavazos and I worked on a local story about the nationwide issue of bullying. You can read that story here: http://tinyurl.com/y4qya32 Julian and I will be working on a follow up ...
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Street vendors and you. Some input, please.
By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
A big hello to all our readers, I'm working on a Your Life feature story on street vendors. I want to sit down and just spend a good couple of days with a vendor and see how they work and ...
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By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
For the past seven months, the smell of coffee, home-made tortillas and the sound of Spanish chatter at Japaleno's Cafe has made me feel right at home. I'm sad to re-announce that Japaleno's Cafe will be shutting it's taco-selling doors ...
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Reporter Notebook on Snow Day 2009.
By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
Want to tell me about your snow experience? Send me an e-mail to jrortega@vicad.com with a paragraph on something interesting about your experience today.
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Want your health questions answered?
By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
I'm still looking for any health questions readers in the Crossroads may have. These questions will be answered for the Good Living section, which comes out on Wednesday, I will be starting a new feature called, "House Call with health ...