The Guadalajara Reporter
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Although the City Hall press office had not yet released pertinent information at press time, we can assume that the Chapala government will sponsor a public New Year’s Eve shindig as it has in recent years.
The Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce (Canaco) has named the Lake Chapala Society the most resilient enterprise in the lakeside region.
A highlight of the December 19 Virgen de Zapopan pilgrimage to Chapala will be the 4 p.m. ceremony on the waterfront Malecón, where Mayor Alejandro Aguirre and San Francisco Parish Priest Juan José Chávez Ramírez will present a new insignia to the revered icon.
Chapala’s main thoroughfare and adjacent plaza are aglow with sparkling Christmas lights, putting residents and visitors in a cheery mood for seasonal celebrations.
In the early hours of Tuesday, December 16, the UNAM National Seismological Service (SSN) detected a series of minor earthquakes near Jocotepec.
The Municipal Government of Chapala launched Operation “Safe Holidays, Guadalupe–Reyes 2025” on Thursday, December 11. The initiative will reinforce prevention, surveillance and citizen services throughout the lakeshore region from December 12 through January 7.
A fire broke out in the early hours of Friday, December 12, in one of the commercial located adjacent to the Chapala Malecón. Due to the prompt intervention of the local Civil Protection and Firefighters Unit, the flames were quickly brought under control and completely extinguished.
