General News

Many people driving to the Guadalajara airport to catch an early morning flight express their horror at the pall of smog that always seems to hang over the southern part of the city just after sunrise. 

After reluctantly agreeing to a new wage structure this week, Guadalajara bus drivers will no longer work on a commission basis and be compelled to “race” each other to get more passengers.

A group of girls who designed a mobile application that aims to help their fellow teenagers and young women confronted with life-threatening situations took the top prize at Guadalajara’s first Technovation competition Wednesday night.

Restaurants and their chefs are again invited to participate in the second Tenedor de Oro culinary competition on May 29 at the Cabañas Cultural Institute. 

A 43-year-old woman was shot and killed moments after she left a plastic surgery clinic in Colonia Chapalita, where she had been receiving botox treatment.

Known for decades as the “City of the Roses,” Guadalajara’s rose population has fallen dramatically over the past decade due largely to local government budget cuts. 

A clutch of dignitaries this week cut the ribbon at the new installations of the Intel Guadalajara Design Center, underlying the long-term commitment that the world’s leading integrated circuit manufacturer appears to have toward Mexico and this region in particular.

Jim Sheridan, the Irish director of hits such as “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father,” told the Guadalajara Film Festival this week that he plans to work on a movie based on the exploits of the Irish San Patricio Battalion, that defected from the U.S. to the Mexican side in the Mexican–American War of 1846-8.