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Animal kingdom has its doting mothers, too

Agatha, one of the orangutans residing at the Guadalajara Zoo, may not get the same appreciation as her human counterparts on May 10 (Mother’s Day in Mexico), but the love and tenderness she shows for her offspring is no less worthy of our respect.

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Updated speed camera program gets up to speed

More than 40 female traffic cops are being trained to use mobile speed cameras on the streets and avenues of the metropolitan area and the highways and byways of Jalisco.  

Wings for Life Word Run on Sunday

Sunday, May 7, Guadalajara will be one of several locations around the world to participate in the Wings for Life World Run, a global charity event that sees its geographically disparate races begin at the exact same time.

Centenarian’s public assistance woes end happily ever after

It’s a plotline straight out of Terry Gilliam’s satire “Brazil”: a woman with a cap of snow-colored hair, born in 1900, is denied, vis-à-vis the enigmatic machinations of a monolithic bureaucracy, the continuation of her public assistance stipend. 

Avocado price to drop soon

The gradual hike in the price of avocados over the past two months is due to a seasonal drop in production, Jalisco Rural Development Secretary Hector Padilla has confirmed.

Tianguis Cultural: handicrafts, Hot Wheels, moshpits and tacos

According to two dispassionate, bored teenagers manning a t-shirt stall, the Tiangius Cultural next to downtown Guadalajara’s Parque Agua Azul has been going down every Saturday for about 30 years.

Expo Guadalajara gears up for busy May

May augers to be a month of high activity at Expo Guadalajara, the city’s top-class exposition and events center located a stone’s throw from Plaza del Sol.