General News

Former Guadalajara police officers chained themselves to railings at city hall Monday and began a hunger strike to protest losing their jobs earlier this year.

“If we’re going to die then we would prefer to do it here,” said former commander Juan Carlos Martinez Sevilla, a 16-year police force veteran who was fired after failing psychological and integrity evaluations mandated by the federal government.

Residents of Colonia Camino Real put on their painting overalls last weekend as they took steps to make crossing the street in their neighborhood a much safer exercise. 

If you are a regular, or even sporadic user of Guadalajara’s public transport system, now is your chance to have a say in its future.

The state government has proposed a massive overhaul in the way the metro area’s bus transportation network is managed and operated.  But it wants the opinions of citizens.

Twelve years since construction began, the main congregation hall of Guadalajara’s elaborate Martyrs’ Temple (Santuario de los Martires) is now 70 percent complete and the entire project could be finished within three years.

If you’re a city dweller and have wondered why that hacking cough is taking so long to clear up, a new study on air pollution might explain your plight.

Guadalajara is now the most polluted large city in Latin America, according to an investigation by the Clean Air Institute released last week.

In days gone by, criminals would need a weapon, rope or handcuffs, a getaway car and a safe house in order to carry out a kidnapping. Now all they need is a cell phone.

New private shuttle services to the Guadalajara Airport can save money on taxis, especially for the single traveler.

Several Guadalajara area museums have planned a range of activities to celebrate El Dia del Niño (Children’s Day) on April 30.