General News

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).  

A posh precursor to the modern housing development abandoned overnight by its affluent foreign residents; a lonely, dangerous haven for revolutionaries and bandits; a tranquil suburb on the outskirts of a bustling metropolis—Colonia Seattle has been all of these since its beginnings in the early 1900s.

A shared bus and cycle lane is being installed on Avenida Hidalgo, on an eight-block stretch between Avenida Federalismo and the Guadalajara Cathedral.

While the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) likes to trumpet its achievements in the promotion of culture, of which there are many, the administrators of this public institution are not amiss to dabbling in “commercial” ventures, including real estate development.

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. 

More than 200 individuals are demanding the intervention of state authorities after a realtor with whom they had invested large sums of money committed suicide after telling his clients that he was unable to meet his financial obligations.

Guadalajara boxing superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is set to open 30 convenience stores in Guadalajara under the brand name “Upper by Canelo Energy.”    

Guadalajara is following in the footsteps of many of the world’s grandest cities by introducing the “GDL City Pass,” giving visitors both free access and discounts at many of the most important tourist attractions, and cultural and sporting events.