Over the years Guadalajara’s “Battle of the Malls” has left a legacy of derelict and half-empty shopping centers, most having met their demise due to improvised planning or inadequate market research.

Avenida Chapultepec’s newest restaurant, the Pinta Negra, is representing Guadalajara in a worldwide revolution to promote healthy eating.

Whoever wins Mexico’s presidential election on July 1, there will be one major issue that dominates their immediate agenda, perhaps even defining their entire term in office: how to confront organized crime.

Alerted by smoke and a network of Facebook friends, famed mezzo-soprano Kimball Wheeler twice drove up a mountain near her home on Guadalajara’s south side to drop off supplies for people fighting the huge fire that raged in the Primavera Forest April 21 to 26.

The fire started on Saturday, April 21 with some illegal trash burning on the edge of the Bosque La Primavera Protected Area where I work.  By Monday morning, it was burning out of control in many locations and a very well organized response was underway.

Nervous lakeside residents should not be alarmed to be roused from their sleep early Thursday, May 3 by a barrage of loud explosions.  It will simply be the signal for the start of celebrations held on the Feast of the Holy Cross.