Author: Paco Ojeda

Authorities bring order to municipal markets. SETUJAL asks SEMARNAT to bring order to beach umbrella rentals and we unpack those acronyms, as usual. Turns out Mexico is ready for an FAA status upgrade. Vallarta Pride holds a press conference.

Riviera Nayarit announces Wind Festival. Details on tomorrow’s folkloric dance parade on the Malecón and an upcoming raicilla festival. Today is Labor Day in Mexico and we explain why. PLUS: Did it really drizzle yesterday?

Governor Alfaro was in town and, of course, he chimed in on the verification fiasco. El Salado Estuary is ready for prime time. Can Baja and the mainland be connected by a vehicular bridge? Guadalajara gets its marshmallow record. PLUS: They seem to purr but they are not kitties!

Ouch, the US Department of Treasury names fraudulent local real estate companies. Singer Alejandro Fernandez to open community music schools. Southbound traffic along Highway 200 collapses again. PLUS: Have you been to the prettiest Oxxo in town yet?

There are more grumblings against beach umbrella rentals. A flight to the new CDMX airport is announced. Of course the private sector grumbled about a shorter workweek. AMLO is back this weekend. PLUS: The Los Tules croc keeps giving awesome photo ops.

Mexico could get a five-day workweek. The Holy Cross patron saint fiestas begin. A foreigner doing the work the city is supposed to do gives us the feels. How are those traffic lights working out for you? PLUS: What good is a ginormous tea cup if you cannot even lift it?