The metropolitan area of Guadalajara is well endowed with cultural spaces but more are on the horizon.

After failing breathalyzer tests for the second time in the space of a few months, two intoxicated drivers have became the first Tapatios to have their licenses revoked under new traffic regulations that came into force last November. The pair were banned from driving for two years.

While ecological groups and neighbors insist that authorities demolish the polemic Villa Panamericana (Pan American Games athletes village) bordering the Primavera Forest, residents of Zapopan would prefer to see the complex put to good use.

Guadalajara’s popular annual state fair, known as the Fiestas de Octubre, looks to be on the move, although some residents living near the proposed new site are far from happy about the switch.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this week swore in Guadalajara-born Maria Contreras-Sweet as the new Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) – the second Hispanic in President Obama’s second-term cabinet.

Many people driving to the Guadalajara airport to catch an early morning flight express their horror at the pall of smog that always seems to hang over the southern part of the city just after sunrise.