A huge cargo truck apparently lost brake power while traveling south along Avenida Madero around 4 p.m. Thursday, March 11.

Chapala’s Ecology Department has issued a regrettable death sentence for the emblematic tree that has shaded the atrium of the village church in Cruz de la Soledad for almost 100 years.

Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya Aguilar has acknowledged he is preparing to take a temporary leave of absence to seek reelection for a second three-year term under the Movimiento Ciudadano banner.

After new sets of traffic lights were installed this week, the renovations of the nodo vial (traffic knot) connecting the south end of the Libramiento bypass and the Chapala-Jocotepec highway have been completed in time for an inauguration ceremony set for Friday, March  5, 7 p.m., just an hour before Mayor Moisés Anaya steps down for an election season leave of absence.

The Chapala government is on board to help the local restaurant sector reactivate business in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, offering fiscal incentives to affiliates of Restauranteros Unidos y Asociados de la Ribera de Chapala (RUA).

The Easter holiday period is invariably a peak tourism and travel season in Mexico, with the Lake Chapala region ranking as a hotspot for vacationers coming from the Guadalajara metropolitan area and other areas of the country.