The Mexican National Seismological Service registered an earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale, with the epicenter in Tesistán, Jalisco, at 10.09 a.m. on Tuesday, December 15.

The Tonala city government has suspended an ambitious – and heavily criticized – project to build the biggest nativity scene (nacimiento) in the world atop the Cerro de la Reina, the small hill overlooking the Guadalajara crafts suburb that is steeped in history. 

Guadalajara and Zapopan residents who dump their old analog television sets in the street or public way will face fines of up to 12,000 pesos, municipal officials said this week.

The Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (FGE) has released an app that allows citizens to make online denuncias for a number of crimes.

The Federal Telecommunications Institute has confirmed that analog television signals will be shutdown in Jalisco and six other states as of December 16.

Once touted as the region with the “second best climate in the world,” the state of Jalisco faces a much altered future if the warnings of some local scientists are to be accepted.