Inspectors from Guadalajara city hall seized 41 dogs, two canaries and two snakes during a raid on Guadalajara’s Baratillo flea market last Sunday.

The plush Andares mall in Zapopan will soon have a rival right on its doorstep.

With 32 votes in favor and one abstention, the Jalisco legislature Thursday approved reforms to the State Penal Code that could see people who intentionally kill animals or subject them to intense cruelty sent to prison for up to three years.

Three metro area agencies are working to clear tree limbs from wires, clean street drains, fill potholes and keep trash off the streets as the rainy season kicked into gear this week with the first Pacific storm of the season, Amanda.

To keep sexual services out of esteticas masculina (men’s grooming salons), Guadalajara city councilors have turned over their revision from city license inspectors to police officers. According to some reports from sex workers at the salons, inspectors were warning them to get rid of any evidence of a sexual nature before official revisions.

There’s another good reason not to talk on your cell phone while driving – apart from the fact that it’s dangerous and against the law.