General News

Citing an steep spike in cases of Covid-19 infections and deaths among inhabitants, Jocotepec Mayor José Miguel Gómez has reinstated “Botón Rojo” (emergency or red button) protocols in an effort to put a check on the spread of the virus in the muncipality.

Pedro Kumamoto, the former independent state legislator and co-founder of the new Futuro Party in Jalisco, has announced that he will run for mayor of Zapopan in June.

The Covid-19 case and death count reported each day by Jalisco health authorities has almost tripled in the past month, causing speculation that another draconian lockdown is not far away.

A gay party boat with 55 passengers on board sank off the Quimixto beach of Puerto Vallarta Friday, January 1.

The chief of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at the Hospital General de Occidente in Zapopan became the first person in Jalisco to receive a Covid-19 vaccination Wednesday morning.

Like Brigadoon, the fictional Scottish village that comes to life once a century, the nearby real-life village of Cajititlan bursts into activity the first week of January during its annual celebration of “El Dia de los Tres Reyes” (Three Kings Day).

Jalisco authorities are investigating the presumed homicide of a Chapala man who made his living as an executive taxi driver.

Among the many challenges native-born lakeside inhabitants have faced during the long months of the Covid-19 pandemic has been sacrificing traditional festivities that are woven into the social fabric of each community,