General News

Drivers are being warned to expect streets in the vicinity of metro-area plazas (malls) to be jammed with traffic over the Buen Fin (and holiday) weekend, Friday, November 18 to Monday, November 21.

Some 2,000 Guadalajara businesses will be offering discounts over the four-day period.  Saturday and  Sunday afternoons are expected to be especially busy. 

To avoid parking problems, arrive early at popular malls such as Galerias, Gran Plaza, Andares, Plaza del Sol and Plaza Patria.  

Scammers were able to dupe a domestic worker in Zapopan’s ritzy Puerto del Hierro subdivision into handing over her employer’s jewelry, watches and cash.

A spate of road works started last week in the Guadalajara metropolitan area quickly frayed the nerves of motorists.

A 32-year-old man from Aguascalientes who weighs over 500 kilograms and has been described as possibly the heaviest person in the world is receiving treatment for his obesity at a Zapopan hospital.  

Just how did the president of Jalisco’s Supreme Court – who last week offered his resignation – end up in his job after serving a prison term for homicide three decades earlier?

It’s a question most ordinary citizens are struggling to fathom.

A team of hundreds, including the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO), is revving up for the opening night of the opera “Otello” by Giuseppe Verdi Wednesday, November 23, in Guadalajara’s Teatro Degollado.

The creativity of Mexico’s drug smugglers continues to transcend all barriers.

Protestors last week ended their seven-week blockade of the car park at the Guadalajara International Airport.