The Nariz Roja charity is opening a hostel for women and children who are obliged to travel to Guadalajara for cancer treatment at the city’s public Hospital Civil.

Plaza Andares, arguably Guadalajara’s most upmarket mall, has been forced to close some of its “common areas” for non-compliance with Covid-19 sanitary regulations.

The animals housed at the Guadalajara Zoo greeted human visitors for the first time in four months when doors to the sprawling facility opened on Monday.

In an effort to raise the spirits of Tapatios suffering during these challenging times, artist Maricarmen Lancaster has been active creating 24 murals throughout the Guadalajara metropolitan area featuring the optimistic slogan, “Everything will be fine.”

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our July editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

1970

Reporter phoneout of order

Four Guadalajara city buses were removed from circulation last weekend after their drivers refused to wear face masks.