U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this week swore in Guadalajara-born Maria Contreras-Sweet as the new Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) – the second Hispanic in President Obama’s second-term cabinet.

Many people driving to the Guadalajara airport to catch an early morning flight express their horror at the pall of smog that always seems to hang over the southern part of the city just after sunrise. 

A group of girls who designed a mobile application that aims to help their fellow teenagers and young women confronted with life-threatening situations took the top prize at Guadalajara’s first Technovation competition Wednesday night.

A 43-year-old woman was shot and killed moments after she left a plastic surgery clinic in Colonia Chapalita, where she had been receiving botox treatment.

A clutch of dignitaries this week cut the ribbon at the new installations of the Intel Guadalajara Design Center, underlying the long-term commitment that the world’s leading integrated circuit manufacturer appears to have toward Mexico and this region in particular.

After reluctantly agreeing to a new wage structure this week, Guadalajara bus drivers will no longer work on a commission basis and be compelled to “race” each other to get more passengers.