The business school of the Western Institute of Higher Studies (ITESO) published an analysis of the real estate market in Jalisco and Mexico during the second week of March, identifying the areas with the highest and lowest prices for buying and selling homes. For issue number 30 of the Economic Analysis Bulletin, more than 820,000 […]
They would apply a preferential rate for locals on the highway in the Puerto Vallarta-Bucerías section
To coordinate actions related to regional mobility, Mayor Luis Ernesto Munguía González held a meeting with Abraham Baltierra, manager of the Las Varas-Vallarta Highway, and Sergio Altamirano, head of Quality and Control Center, to review the Resident Vehicle Registration Program. During the meeting, they discussed collaboration between the municipal government and the concessionaire to facilitate […]
Holy Week in Jalisco ends with 44 deaths and 200 traffic accidents
The 2026 Holy Week and Easter operation in Jalisco concluded with a toll of 44 deaths, 330 injuries, and 200 traffic accidents, reports the State Civil Protection Unit. According to the report, eight of the deaths were due to drowning in unsupervised rivers, dams, and reservoirs, while the leading cause of fatalities was traffic-related incidents, […]
This is the level of Lake Chapala and the Jalisco dams at the beginning of the dry season.
Lake Chapala and most of Jalisco’s major dams maintained favorable storage levels at the start of the dry season, a result of the accumulated rainfall during the last rainy season. However, they have lost a significant amount of storage capacity during the current dry season. At the end of the rainy season in October, the […]
Groups in Jalisco are calling for the removal of a Tequila official for alleged negligence in missing persons cases.
Search collectives in Jalisco demanded the removal of the public prosecutor in Tequila, whom they accuse of alleged negligence in handling missing persons cases and a lack of follow-up on ongoing investigations in the region. The petition was filed by the collectives Huellas de Amor (Footprints of Love) and Buscando Corazones (Searching for Hearts) in […]
36% of wastewater treatment plants in Jalisco are not operating
Because municipalities lack sufficient budgets for their maintenance, a total of 84 wastewater treatment plants in Jalisco—out of a total of 235—are not operating, representing 36 percent. According to Carlos Ornelas Orozco, coordinator of the Center for Research on Hydroadaptive Cities at the Pan-American University (UP), the main resources required to keep them running are […]
Puerto Vallarta declines and receives less tourism
The first measurements gathered from restaurant owners, vendors, tourism service providers, and residents whose livelihoods depend directly or indirectly on tourism have sounded a new alarm in Puerto Vallarta: this year’s Easter holiday season, spanning Holy Week and Easter Week, has seen a significantly lower influx of visitors compared to last year, when a historic […]
Unaffordable housing and rents in Jalisco cause residents of Guadalajara to live on the outskirts of the city.
The housing crisis in Jalisco has reached critical levels, with property prices far exceeding the purchasing power of families and a growing homeless population. The Guadalajara metropolitan area has the fourth highest housing costs in the country, surpassed only by Nuevo León, the State of Mexico, and Mexico City. A recent study by the Western […]
Families bathe in the lake water despite known pollution in Chapala
Although it’s already the dry season, Lake Chapala’s water level remains good, making it a popular spring break destination for residents of Guadalajara, other parts of Mexico, and abroad. Over the weekend, families even went into the water to enjoy the lake’s refreshing coolness, as did the family of Ricardo Luna, a visitor from Guadalajara. […]