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Guadalajara’s glorious grito

Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s emotional 1810 “Grito” exhorting Mexicans to take up arms against their Spanish masters will be reenacted in the main plazas of cities, towns and villages the length and breadth of Mexico, at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15.


Marooned drivers count cost of Sunday deluge

At least 50 motorists were forced to abandon their vehicles on Sunday as water levels rose on the Calzada Independenica in downtown Guadalajara, following an afternoon deluge that brought traffic, the Macrobus service and the Tren Ligero (subway) to a complete standstill.

Are owners of older model cars in for a shock?

Jalisco’s revised emissions (smog) testing program may include obligatory twice yearly checks for private vehicles more than eight years old, according to information obtained by a metro area Spanish-language daily. Half of the two million cars circulating in Guadalajara fall into this age category, Milenio reported this week.