General News

The saga of an expat businessman embroiled in a dispute with the Chapala government over paperwork requirements to obtain a building permit is a cautionary tale about unexpected troubles that can crop up for anyone owning or acquiring local property.

The Chapala government has put a new man in charge of Tránsito Municipal, the third to take on the post since the traffic police department was established last November.

As the line-up of candidates for Chapala’s mayoral seat takes shapes, it’s looking like voters will be choosing between four politicians who have already held the post and one independent greenhorn.

There are many reasons to buy tickets to the Lake Chapala Shrine Club’s 12th annual Ribfest Fundraiser coming up Wednesday, March 7, 1 p.m. at the Cumbres Garden Event Center.

Gustavo Reyes Carretón, Chapala coordinator of the Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) party, sustained severe injuries Friday, February 2, during a violent attack perpetrated by an unidentified assailant.

Palm trees in the Chapala area are under threat of a mass death caused by the South American palm weevil (Rhynchophorus palmarum), a species of snout beetle known as the mayate prieto in Spanish.

The Jalisco’s traffic department has scheduled a return visit of it mobile driver’s license service, coming to Chapala’s Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia (CCAP, former town hall) on Thursday, February 15.

Scenes of the Chapala area appeared in “The Wonder of Us,” the brand new Coca Cola ad that debuted during last Sunday’s Super Bowl commercial breaks.