General News

Chapala area motorists are advised to mind their Ps and Qs on the roadway as local traffic police are beefing up vigilance during the hectic holiday season.

Of the five “official” Christmas tianguis installed in the Guadalajara metropolitan area this year, the new one in the Jardin del Refugio is proving to be the most popular.

Some unexpected winter spectacles are occurring as this year’s wet season extends well into December.

Metro-area Guadalajara’s “luxury” buses, which cost 12 pesos instead of the regular seven, are nothing more than a rip-off, many passengers are complaining.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake that was only felt in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara Tuesday morning prompted the evacuation of government buildings, schools, hospitals, commercial malls and private homes.

Guadalajara city hall is checking out suppliers of tricycles and/or carts that registered ambulant vendors will have to use in the city center.  The vendors will be loaned the conveyances and will not be obliged to pay for them. 

Are you cold? Take one.Want to help? Donate one. Those are the words on a sign erected this week by an empathetic citizen on a wall running along Calzada Federalismo, at the corner of Juan Manuel and Manuel Acuña.

Kind-hearted souls can leave donated warm clothing on the nails under the sign or, conversely, cold, down-on-their-luck, homeless individuals are invited to help themselves to any one of the items they choose to. 

Almost 400 Jalisco traffic cops were subjected to an unannounced breathalyzer test this week. The exams were carried out by a team from the nighttime “Torito” patrols to detect drunk drivers. The officers were surprised to learn they were to be tested after turning up for work on Monday morning at 6:30 a.m. The tests were carried out en masse soon after the officers had given the traditional weekly salute to the Mexican flag.