The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The excavation of a huge swath of land hovering over Chapala’s Barrio de Lourdes and the Hotel Montecarlo has caused alarm and public protest after photographs of the chewed-up site recently circulated on social media.
Four months after closing the gates and suspending regular activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) is making strides to prepare for reopening, in time to hold the annual general meeting of the membership, tentatively scheduled for August 20.
State and federal authorities have issued a summons for public input in a review of legal instruments governing development in the Lake Chapala region, to be carried out from July 22 through September 7.
Testing for the Sars-CoV-2 virus is currently available at two private labs in the Chapala area.
The Chapala City Council has put its stamp of approval on a new set of regulations to simplify and speed up the issuance of building permits for private homes.
His very name, José Milagro, attests to the rough start to life experienced by the eight-year old Chapala boy who has gained hope for a brighter future following the orthopedic surgery he underwent last week at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Mexico City.
The Chapala government is in the process of undertaking road repairs along the highway and north end of Avenida Madero in Chapala.
Lakeside residents who have experienced problems getting phone calls through to Chapala area landlines are advised that, as of the first of this week, the former area code must be used for dialing up local numbers.
Lake Chapala rose by 13 centimeters during the first month of the 2020 rainy season. As of July 22, the lake was at 61 percent of full capacity, with a volume of 4.8 billion cubic meters, according to Jalisco Water Commission (CEA) calculations.
