While steadily trending upwards all summer, Lake Chapala surged significantly through September and into this month, as heavy rains spilled over its extensive watershed.

Thursday, September 30, Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre Curiel, and most members of the new cabildo (city council), took the oath of office at a special council session held outdoors in front of City Hall.

The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (LCUUF) will host speaker Karen Carlson, a transgender woman, Sunday, October 17.

In an unprecedented decision on the future of the controversial condo tower under construction in La Floresta, the Club Náutico y Deportivo Ajijic has agreed to tear down the basic structure of the building’s top floors.

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro paid an official visit to Chapala on Wednesday, September 29, to inspect progress on two major projects funded by the state government that were initiated during the term of Mayor Moisés Anaya.

A rip roaring tempest hit the mountain range overlooking Lake Chapala’s north shore in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, October 5, unleashing torrents of runoff from creek beds that swept tons of mud and debris down upon the Ajijic-Jocotepec corridor.