Longostinos restaurant is hosting the Third Annual Halloween Pet Costume Parade on October 29, from 5-8 PM. Longostinos is located on the beach just north of the Los Muertos Pier. The pet parade starts at 6:00 PM with local celebrity judges Sylvie, Cassandra Shaw, and the effervescent Kathleen Palmer. The event is to benefit the...Read More

By now you probably already know some of the history behind Día de Muertos, the three-day holiday celebrating and honouring those who have passed. While the holiday falls around the time of Halloween, the two days are celebrated differently. Halloween turns death into a horrifying experience, while Día de Muertos celebrates death. One of the...Read More

Workers from the hospital located in Pitillal, claim they have not been paid for up to a month of work. They include doctors, nurses, and administration staff, all facing financial burdens due to not being paid for their work. The workers say that the hospital and Secretariat of Health for Jalisco indicates the problem is...Read More

Edgardo Galvan watched as two gravediggers shoveled muddy soil from his father’s grave until they reached a set of bones mixed with wood chips, the remnants of the coffin he was buried in seven years earlier. The gravediggers placed the bones in a black plastic bag and handed them to Galvan, who planned to cremate...Read More

Isla de Janitzio is the main island of Lake Pátzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. The town of Janitzio, which means “where it rains”, is located atop the hill. Janitzio can only be reached by boats which run regularly back and forth from about 7:30 am to 6 pm, accessible from Pátzcuaro’s pier (embarcadero)....Read More