The Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce is hosting an all-day seminar on medical marijuana on Saturday, October 19.

Funding for two major infrastructure projects touted by Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro do not feature in the federal budget for 2020, announced this week by Finance Minister Arturo Herrera.

Lakeside residents already familiar with Fiestas Patrias celebrations along the North Shore corridor might enjoy a visit to the annual Feria del Elote, running September 13 through 16 in the nearby town of Atequiza, a suburb of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.

The number of people reported as missing in Jalisco this year has shot up from an average of 8.9 to 14.5 per day, according to data from the Centro de Justicia para la Paz y el Desarrollo (CEPAD).

Despite the soaring number of confirmed dengue cases in Jalisco, and outbreaks reported in several Guadalajara colonias, the general population doesn’t take the illness seriously enough, a University of Guadalajara researcher said this week.

Jalisco has a new ambassador for senior citizens. Elisa Gómez Muñoz, 65, of Tonala, took up the mantle after winning municipal, regional and state elections for the post.