Winter is officially over. Dig out your shades and sunscreen, for Guadalajara is in for a scorching spring according to the Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology (AMI) at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG).

Presidential frontrunner Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was scheduled to officially begin his election campaign in Guadalajara on Friday.

Next week, residents of San Martin de las Flores, a small suburb in Tlaquepaque, will stage their annual Judea, or Passion Play.

Displaying ingenuity apparently absent from their exam performances, students at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) have been hacking into a college database to change their grades.

Guadalajara artist Jesus Guerrero Santos crafted 20 pieces for Pope Benedict XVI’s use during his visit to Guanajuato. During mass in the Bicentennial Park, his works included the design on the altar, the missal, cruets and chalice.

The Mexican Army captured a leading member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) Monday, March 19, just ten days after the arrest of the cartel’s leader provoked disturbances across the state.