Crowds flock to the Guadalajara city center to see videomapping on the Metropolitan Cathedral but are unaware that the Santuario de Guadalupe (left) on the Alcalde walkway is also illuminated in this way. Displays Thursday through Sunday at both sites. Cathedral: 7:45, 8:45 and 9:45 p.m. Santuario: 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.

In response to the growing housing crisis, the Guadalajara city council, led by Mayor Verónica Delgadillo, has launched the  Vivienda para Vivir Bien (Housing for Living Well) strategy to repopulate the city and address housing affordability. 

Zapopan’s City Council has launched a new program called Desdoblamiento de Vivienda (Housing Doubling) to address housing challenges for younger generations.

Arena Guadalajara, the new 20,000-seat entertainment complex on the northern ring road of Guadalajara, will officially open on Friday, October 11.

A man identified as Alfredo N. was found guilty on June 17 of driving his daughter to suicide after years of psychological abuse and extreme control. The tragic event occurred in August 2022 in the municipality of Zapopan.

The United States, through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), this week hosted training for 40 Zapopan police officers—along with officers from Guadalajara, Nayarit, Colima and Michoacán—in firearms and explosives detection.