The new board members of Jocotepec’s School for Special Needs Children (formerly School for the Deaf) are ready to launch a new mission, programs and fundraising plans for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year and season.

While Mother Nature has been going gangbusters to replenish Lake Chapala, expect common folk to thank Mother Mary for the rainy season bounty.

Karla Martinez doesn’t have a lot of leisure time to spend with the 54 cats in her modern home and shelter in midtown Guadalajara.

The situation they are facing, say Klix Kaltenmark and Xabier Pagazaurtundúa, is all too common in attractive parts of Guadalajara.

The first time I encountered José Álvarez Franco, better known as Padre Patillas, or “Father Sideburns,” was during a baptismal service in his church in Tateposco when he referred to me as a “gringo” during the mass, prompting laughter throughout the congregation.

The small gratitude celebration at the children’s home La Villa Infantil de Nuestra Señora Guadalupe y San José on Friday, May 23 marked the culmination of a project that represents years of preparation and hours of labor. The cake that was served at lunch said it all, “Gracias al Sol.”