In the five months since since Ajijic Delegado Hector España pulled together a mixed group of residents to guide him in setting an agenda to better the community, folks are starting to appreciate small changes that make a big difference.

Terror spread among some visitors when a waterspout (in Spanish: culebra, chimenea, tromba or manga) rose from Lake Chapala Saturday morning about 9 a.m. in front of the Hotel Real in Ajijic. 

Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Diaz visited Jocotepec on Thursday, August 8, to break ground for a community hospital designed to serve 88,000 inhabitants in the lakeshore region who lack social security benefits and medical insurance to deal with health issues.

The Lake Chapala Crime website is back on-line after a four month hiatus.

The men and women of Chapala’s municipal police force are becoming mentally equipped to better serve the public through specialized training courses programmed during their off-duty hours.

A four-year-old girl drowned Friday, July 26 as she played at the edge of Lake Chapala with several other youngsters while her father was fishing out in the water.