Guadalajara taxi drivers have stepped up their opposition to the emergence of the smartphone app company Uber, which they claim is illegal and threatening their livelihoods. And state authorities seem to be listening.

Regional milk producers staged an unusual protest by giving and throwing away almost 5,000 liters of the product in Guadalajara Thursday. 

The reign of Kenya has finally ended. Mexican runner Juan Luis Barrios Nieves won Guadalajara’s 24th International Half Marathon on Sunday, beating Kenyan runner Julius Kipyego, who has won the race for the past six years.

Maintaining his promise to make public service more transparent and accountable, Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval last week inaugurated an “electronic kiosk” where the general public can directly access information pertaining to state government finances.

Budget concerns have forced Mexico to cancel as host of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Guadalajara, with organizers saying they cannot afford the US$100 million cost for the multi-sport event. 

Guadalajara is the ninth worst city in the world for driving times according to a joint study carried out by the companies Castrol and Tom Tom. The researchers visited 78 cities around the world and discovered that drivers in Guadalajara lose 33.24 percent of their total journey time idling. The average driver in the city will hit the brakes 24,840 times a year.