The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Members of the local cannabis advocacy group, 4:20 Guadalajara, started a 24-hour sit-in, dubbed a Fumaton, in front of the Jalisco State Congress, in a bid to make legislators aware of the positive sides to marijuana legalization.
Fourteen people died when a semi-trailer transporting LP gas exploded after overturning on the Guadalajara-Tepic toll road (autopista) Monday, November 16.
Guadalajara Airport is showing that it is not only concerned about the comfort of human passengers but also the canines that sometimes accompany them.
The Jalisco state government has awarded Tapatio ballet star Isaac Hernandez, a principal dancer with the English National Ballet, with the prestigious 2020 Jalisco Prize (Premio Jalisco) in the category of arts and culture.
Angélica Fregoso, the sole Green Party (PVEM) legislator in the Jalisco Congress, has asked her colleagues to urge the state’s Health Department to work with researchers from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), trainers and canine associations to acquire dogs of suitable breeds and train them to detect positive Covid-19 cases.
Guadalajara City Hall gave vendors at the city’s traditional Jardín del Refugio Christmas market (Feria Navideña) the go-ahead to install their booths as of November 12.
Interjet on brink of bankruptcy
According to various media sources, Mexico’s low-cost carrier Interjet is on the verge of collapse after the airline cancelled flights last weekend and a union representing its workers called for a strike to protest unpaid wages.
The U.S. sex abuse trial of Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the Guadalajara-based Luz del Mundo evangelical church, has been put back until January 2021.
Representatives of Guadalajara’s yellow cab drivers say the new “solidarity” fares agreed for all journeys taken within the borders of the city’s beltway (Periférico) during the current lockdown (botón de emergencia) should be extended until February 2021.
