General News

Heavy machinery and work crews moved into the Guadalajara city center this week as the Jalisco government and Guadalajara City Hall launched an ambitious project to impress soccer fans arriving for next year’s World Cup. 

Guadalajara City Hall recently promoted equine therapy sessions for children with autism and neurodivergence.

Firefighters often don’t receive the recognition their selfless work deserves. With the arrival of the rainy season, Guadalajara’s bomberos are especially overburdened, responding to all kinds of emergencies.

Tlaquepaque’s beer-brewing tradition continues to grow with the 8th edition of the Festival de la Cerveza Artesanal, organized by Bierkultur. This year, the festival aims to go beyond borders, positioning itself as a key local, national and international event in the world of craft beer.

As the rainy season triggers flash flooding in vulnerable areas of the metropolitan region, the blame game has once again taken center stage. 

Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro announced that Line Five of Guadalajara’s Tren Ligero network could begin operations by June 2026, in time for the World Cup, provided the necessary federal funds are secured between January and February of next year.

On Friday, July 4, a massive sinkhole, measuring 20 meters long, six meters deep,and four meters wide, appeared at the intersection of Malecón and Sidón in the El Bethel neighborhood on the northeastern perimeter of the Guadalajara metro area. The collapse swallowed a trailer carrying a load of sand and an SUV, which contained a family inside. A bus narrowly avoided falling into the large hole.

Crowds flock to the Guadalajara city center to see videomapping on the Metropolitan Cathedral but are unaware that the Santuario de Guadalupe (left) on the Alcalde walkway is also illuminated in this way. Displays Thursday through Sunday at both sites. Cathedral: 7:45, 8:45 and 9:45 p.m. Santuario: 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.