The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Jalisco Congress is discussing an initiative that would legalize the use of motorized rickshaws (tuk tuks) in certain parts of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, and in other areas of the state.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro this week distributed checks for 20,000 pesos to 172 families with children suffering from cancer. Most of the families do not have medical insurance, or affiliation with a government-operated institution, such as IMSS or ISSSTE.
Tequila lovers will be in their element at the 10th edition of Expo Tequila, to be held at the Centro Cultural El Refugio in Tlaquepaque Friday, September 2 through Sunday, September 4.
The pilot of a Viva Aerobús flight to Los Angeles was forced to return to the Guadalajara airport and make an emergency landing shortly after take off on Wednesday evening.
Sunday, August 21, will see the opening of the 40-hectare extension to Guadalajara’s Colomos Park, once referred to as Colomos III, but now known as the Bosque Pedagógico del Agua (Pedagogical Water Forest).
Through handwriting analysis, the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) determined that Luz Raquel Padilla, the 35-year-old mother of an autistic child who burned to death in a Zapopan park on July 16, painted the messages threatening her own life on the walls of her apartment block.
A shared bus and cycle lane is being installed on Avenida Hidalgo, on an eight-block stretch between Avenida Federalismo and the Guadalajara Cathedral.
A Feria de la Miel (Honey Festival) planned this weekend in Zapopan Centro will showcase local producers of natural and organic honey and their derivative products, such as propolis, bee pollen and royal jelly.
A sight that has become more and more frequent in Jalisco is the abundance of fliers fastened to electricity posts, walls, bus stops and other structures featuring images of missing persons.
