Chapala’s Municipal Sports Council (Comude) is promoting healthy recreational activity for local families with the reactivation of the Sunday morning Via RecreActiva program.

Chapala Red Cross staff gathered at the local clinic on Monday to unveil the latest addition to its emergency fleet.

At least 80 “Zombies” turned out on Ajijic’s plaza October 27 to help set a world record for the number of folks showing up in their grave finery to dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

Less than a month after taking over as chief of the Jocotepec police force, Armando Baena Pinzon survived a baptism of fire, coming out unscathed in a shoot-out with criminals late Saturday, October 27.

The sleek green vessel designed and built at the Universidad Tecnologica de la Zona Metropolitana beat a rival craft from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in both the speed and endurance tests comprising the fourth annual solar-powered boat race held on October 27 just off Lake Chapala’s shoreline.

Although turnout was less than hoped for, spectators who made the trip to Lakeside’s Boca Laguna waterski club thoroughly enjoyed the five-day World Masters Championship last week.