General News

Chapala’s Public Sanitation Department dispatched a crew last week to clean up trash and debris accumulated at the bottom end of the Arroyo San Marcos where it crosses under a bridge on Avenida González Gallo near the former railway station.

Vaccination campaigns are still being ramped up at lakeside, with clinics operating August 10 through 13 in Chapala and Jocotepec for application of second doses of the AstraZeneca shot to persons who got their first jabs with the 50 to 59 and older age group during the first week of June.

Exasperated because government authorities have failed to curtail what they see as privatization of federal land, dozens of Ajijic inhabitants have taken the law into their own hands to tear down fencing installed along Lake Chapala’s shoreline.

The people of a tiny northshore village have gained access to a potable water system for the first time thanks to a cooperative effort between Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club and the municipal government of Poncitlán.

Five Ajijic artists are gearing up to adorn village streets with brand new murals after being named winners of a contest organized by the Chapala government.

Roadways and homes in the town of San Juan Tecomtlán were damaged by flooding in the aftermath of torrential rains that struck the area between Vista del Lago and Mezcala in the early hours of Tuesday, August 3.

A mighty deluge early Wednesday, August 11, turned the streets and pedestrian staircases of central Chapala into scenes reminiscent of Venice and Niagara Falls.

An intense downpour early August 2 provoked the partial collapse of a retaining wall at the Punto Niza condominium site in Chapala’s Lourdes neighborhood.