Guadalajara city hall wants to double the license fee for casinos to operate in the municipality but judging from the much heavier charges applied in some other parts of the country, local gambling impresarios won’t be overly concerned.

Guadalajara city councilors will vote to increase the cost of permits for the 11 casinos in the municipality from 420,000 to one million pesos in 2014.

Skateboarding is an increasingly popular pastime among young people in Guadalajara, but until now it had never been prioritized by the public programs that aim to promote local youth sports.

As this week’s heavy rains tore great chunks out of the city streets, National Action Party (PAN) councilor Mario Salazar Madera accused Guadalajara’s municipal government of not spending a penny of the 38 million pesos it has budgeted for road repairs in 2013.

Jalisco’s new transport laws came into effect this week, although the tougher penalties for infractions may not come into effect for another 90 days as the new regulation is still being completed.

Police in Tlajomulco have detained a man who reportedly confessed to murdering his two-year-old daughter this week.

The scene on Monday afternoon after another heavy seasonal rainfall was not unusual for residents living near Plaza del Sol, the metro area’s oldest shopping mall.