A first step towards resolving persistent traffic and noise problems that plague the community was achieved through an amicable dialogue with local officials during a June 3 meeting convened by the Lakeside Community Council.

Ajijic’s waterfront will be transformed into a temporary outdoor sports arena on Sunday, June 15 to house Jalisco’s first Beach Wrestling Tournament and a side-by-side contest in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).

Passersby are noticing that the Riberas del Pilar bazaar that helps support Los Niños de Chapala y Ajijic (NCA) has a whole new look. The bold blue and gold color scheme features iconic NCA student “Stick Man” painted on the door.

Gerardo Pantoja Ramírez, director of Chapala’s Instituto Tecnológico Superior, and Jalisco Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Jaime Reyes Robles were captivated by the crash course on Scratch software presented June 3 by Sofia Films CEO Daniel de la Vega.

While the current worries of government officials and lakeshore inhabitants are closely focused on Lake Chapala’s dismal water level, scientists and conservation experts are more deeply concerned about serious environmental problems that are not getting much attention in political and public spheres.

Chapala police chief Ramon del Arco scratched Unit 026 off his inventory of functioning patrol vehicles after a freak fire reduced the pickup truck to a useless heap of charred metal.