Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has accused the local media of triggering panic in its reporting of crime, which he insists his government is tackling successfully.

Miguel Hidaglo’s famous independence cry will ring out in the main plaza of Mazamitla on the evening of September 15 for the first time in four years.

One of Latin America’s most famous rock bands will entertain Tapatios at the Independence Day festivities planned in the Guadalajara city center on the evening of Friday, September 15.

An exhibition of Playmobil figures illustrating the history of Jalisco will be up at Guadalajara’s Museo Panteón de Belén (cemetery) through September 30. In addition to the colorful figures, the exhibit features famous local monuments, public spaces and archaeological zones.

Well-known Mexican rapper Lefty SM (Juan Carlos Sauceda) died from gunshot wounds during a failed kidnap attempt at his house in La Cima subdivision of Zapopan on the evening of Saturday, September 2.

An intensive storm that pummeled Guadalajara on the evening of Thursday, August 31—dumping more water on the metro area than on any day of this year’s rainy season—left dozens of vehicles waterlogged and stranded, and tow truck firms overwhelmed with requests for assistance, Householders in more than 100 properties across the city reported damage from flood waters.