Guadalajara business leaders have expressed serious reservations about a proposal to convert Avenida Alcalde/16 de Septiembre into a pedestrian-only walkway.

Metro-area Guadalajara and Colima have joined the list of cities in the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) program that is dedicated to helping urban centers around the world become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.

Jorge Vergara, the owner of the Guadalajara Chivas, Mexico’s most popular soccer team, has ended a 22-year relationship with the nation’s largest broadcaster and announced that he will be creating his own television channel to show his team’s live games and offer other club-related content.

More than 100 moms staged a sit-in at the plush Galerias mall in Guadalajara to protest the discrimination mothers frequently suffer when they breastfeed their babies in public.

Gay rights activists in Guadalajara participate in an after-dark, silent march on International Day Against Homophobia (Tuesday) to remember those who have been murdered in hate crimes committed against the LGBT community in Mexico.  Earlier in the day, a small protest was held outside the Jalisco Congress to draw attention to the absence of legislation regarding hate crimes.

A state legislator from the Citizen’s Movement has submitted a proposal that would effectively prohibit gated communities (cotos) in Jalisco, and open up many of their streets and avenues to general traffic.