General News

Various municipal and state dignitaries were on hand as four new statues of “illustrious” citizens of Jalisco were unveiled in downtown Guadalajara this week.

The deputy operational director of the Zapopan municipal police force was shot to death on Monday, November 13 as he was about to enter a cafe at the busy corner of Avenida Patria and Beethoven in the middle-class La Estancia neighborhood.

Thanksgiving dinner

Don’t forget that the American Society of Jalisco (AMOSC) holds a Grand Reopening Party at its clubhouse in Guadalajara’s Colonia Chapalita on Saturday, November 18, from 4 to 8 p.m., and  its traditional Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, November 23.

More than 50,000 people turned out in Guadalajara and Zapopan Tuesday and Wednesday to welcome Amal, a 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee child that has become a global symbol of the struggles of refugees.

The European Union (EU) is the guest of honor at the 37th edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), which will be held from November 25 to December 3.

If you have seen these booths popping up beside major Guadalajara avenues you may be wondering what their purpose is. 

When Jacqueline Vaca gets up at 4:30 a.m. at her home near La Primavera forest outside Guadalajara, it is not only to prepare herself for her first dog walk of the day at 7:30 near the city center.

An atmospheric environmental “pre-contingency,” which indicates that the level of harmful particles in the air has exceeded acceptable standards, was issued November 7 in the Las Pintas area of Guadalajara, becoming the 45th one this year in the metro area.