General News

In a much tighter race than many predicted,  Pablo Lemus of the Citizens Movement (MC), a former mayor of both Guadalajara and Zapopan, appears  to have won the race for Jalisco governor.

The sweltering heat wave will continue this weekend and into next week in most parts of Jalisco, with temperatures ranging from 38 to 45 degrees Celcius (104-113F).

Folks in San Antonio Tlayacapan seek relief from the monotony of early June’s sultry climate by joining the annual festivities dedicated to the town’s patron saint.

Leakage of wastewater from an above-ground sewage collection tank located on the beach a short distance east of the Ajijic pier was detected on the morning of Saturday, May 18.

Jalisco’s Arantxa Cossio has become the first native-born Mexican table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games.

Members of at least 15 pro-life civic organizations gathered in front of the Jalisco Congress building to state their position for maintaining the criminalization of abortion in the state’s criminal code.

Governor Enrique Alfaro this week signed an agreement with the Jalisco branch of the National Restaurant Chamber (Canirac) offering his support to enable local eateries to be included in the Michelin Guide, which unveiled its first selections for Mexico on May 14.

The Mexican Pacific hurricane season got underway officially on May 15, although the first storm formation doesn’t usually happen until the first days of June.