Chapala area motorists are advised to mind their Ps and Qs on the roadway as local traffic police are beefing up vigilance during the hectic holiday season.

Some unexpected winter spectacles are occurring as this year’s wet season extends well into December.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake that was only felt in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara Tuesday morning prompted the evacuation of government buildings, schools, hospitals, commercial malls and private homes.

Are you cold? Take one.Want to help? Donate one. Those are the words on a sign erected this week by an empathetic citizen on a wall running along Calzada Federalismo, at the corner of Juan Manuel and Manuel Acuña.

Kind-hearted souls can leave donated warm clothing on the nails under the sign or, conversely, cold, down-on-their-luck, homeless individuals are invited to help themselves to any one of the items they choose to. 

Of the five “official” Christmas tianguis installed in the Guadalajara metropolitan area this year, the new one in the Jardin del Refugio is proving to be the most popular.

Metro-area Guadalajara’s “luxury” buses, which cost 12 pesos instead of the regular seven, are nothing more than a rip-off, many passengers are complaining.