Uber, Didi, Cabify, Avant, Yaxi, City Drive. There are copious ride-hailing apps to choose from nowadays in Mexico, but one solves boredom during traffic jams with karaoke.

Although the number of confirmed dengue cases in Jalisco has fallen slightly over the past two weeks, the mosquitos that carry the disease will remain active until mid-December despite the colder weather, state Health Ministry (SSJ) spokesperson José Mario Amezcua warned this week.

Zapopan Mayor Pablo Lemus plants a tree to set in motion the first stage of construction of a brand new green space in the metro-area municipality.

The Centro de Equinoterapia “Valle de Campeones” (equine therapy center) in Zapopan recently welcomed employees from Boehringer Ingelheim’s Animal Health Division in Mexico, who spent the day carrying out various tasks, including parasite control and vaccination, as well as helping with general improvements to the facility.

Peephole Filmfest, an independent festival for horror, experimental and erotic films, will premier Saturday, November 2, at LARVA (Laboratorio de Arte Variedades) in downtown Guadalajara.

Local scrap metal merchants (chatarreros) blockaded several prominent Guadalajara metropolitan area avenues last week in protest at proposed adjustments to federal law that they say threaten their livelihoods.