From illegal construction and controversial golf course tree culling to new drinking fountains and yet more hurricane impacts, life in Puerto Vallarta has not been dull lately, writes Debbie Slobe.

Back-to-back operations in El Rosario and Mazatlán over the weekend yielded arrests of alleged cartel members who are suspected of involvement in the kidnappings of 10 Vizsla Silver workers in January as well as four tourists in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in February.

Sheinbaum also weighed in on the IMSS response to protesting healthcare workers and struck an upbeat note on exports at Friday's presser.

The cluster of three intense storms has created a virtually nonstop emergency up and down Mexico's west coast and prompted the federal government to activate the Defense Ministry's DN-III emergency protection plan and the Navy’s “Plan Marina.” 

Puerto Vallarta has taken a beating from a trio of recent hurricanes, but is still getting ready, as it does every year, to celebrate Día de Muertos in style, writes Debbie Slobe.

Tropical Storm Rachel, now wreaking havoc in southern California and places as far inland as Las Vegas, claimed the lives of four people in northern Mexico, while the impacts of Hurricane Simon killed one person in Guerrero.

The states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima, Michoacán and Sinaloa are receiving the brunt of Simon's heavy rains and strong winds, and the hurricane could strengthen before making its predicted landfall Wednesday.

El muérdago, aka "Mexican mistletoe," is threatening to kill innumerable trees in the Guadalajara Metro Area, writes John Pint. But residents are determined to save them.

A hurricane warning is currently in effect from Punta San Telmo, Michoacán, to Punta Mita, Nayarit as the now Category 2 hurricane moves north for an expected landfall in Colima or Jalisco as early as Saturday.

Cultural competitions involving young mariachis and aspiring muralists have taken center stage in Puerto Vallarta, writes Gabriela Solís, while drainage and demolition work in the area continues.