Fernando Ortiz Jr.
Managing Editorfernando@tpr.org
(210) 614-8977 x405
Ortiz supervises day-to-day operations of TPR’s newsroom and TPR.org, with a primary focus on San Antonio metro news.
He was a print and online news editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and the San Antonio Express-News from 1999 to 2010. He was also a news page designer, a wire editor, a book critic and a member of the Caller-Times editorial board.
Before joining Texas Public Radio in 2017, he taught U.S. history at Northwest Vista College, San Antonio College, the University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
Ortiz has a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's degree from UTSA, both in U.S. history.
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"All of us share in this record," said Popovich after the game. "It's not mine. It's ours, here in the city."
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TPR's Editor, Fernando Ortiz Jr., gets introspective as the season changes.
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El fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland, dijo el lunes que el Departamento de Justicia protegerá a las personas que intentan obtener o llevar a cabo abortos en Texas, a raíz de la nueva ley de aborto restrictiva del estado.
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the Justice Department will protect people trying to obtain or provide abortions in Texas, in the wake of the state's new restrictive abortion law.
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The storm -- officially classified as Invest 91L -- remained a flooding threat as it moved into Central Texas on Saturday.
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Almost 46,000 voters cast their decisions on Saturday, according to the Elections Department director. Absentee and early votes exceeded 115,000.
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On Saturday, the Bexar County Medical Examiner identified the suspect as 46-year old Joe Gomez of San Antonio. His cause of death was listed as a contact gunshot wound to the head. His manner of death was listed as a suicide.
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Boil water restrictions lifted for some areas of San Antonio as SAWS, the Food Bank, the city and the county worked together to provide water for cooking, flushing and bathing.
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Cielos despejados y carreteras limpias dieron a Alamo City una sensación de normalidad, el sábado, después de una semana de nevadas históricas y fallas catastróficas en los servicios de agua y electricidad. El sol y el tráfico indicaban que la vida retomaba su curso. Pero para miles de residentes, la crisis de los últimos días aún domina las facetas más básicas de su vida diaria.
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A record-breaking winter storm with an intensity not seen since 1989 could leave the San Antonio region frozen for most of the next few days.