The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The men and women of Chapala’s municipal police force are becoming mentally equipped to better serve the public through specialized training courses programmed during their off-duty hours.
A four-year-old girl drowned Friday, July 26 as she played at the edge of Lake Chapala with several other youngsters while her father was fishing out in the water.
While the Lake Chapala Society deserves a pat on the back for attempting to get official answers on sticky legal issues that impact many expat residents through the new monthly Town Topic series, the July 19 session advertised as “Nuts and Bolts of Legalizing your Car” clearly fell short of expectations for the 50-plus members who squeezed in to every available seat.
Atotonilquillo, Chapala’s most distant satellite community, is winding up to celebrate the 20th annual edition of Expo Membrillo, a colorful country-style fair set for August 10 and 11 that revolves around the town’s main fruit crop, the quince.
Gallon after gallon of free-flowing booze, lively Mexican style entertainment and an exhibition gallery for a wide array of Jalisco-made merchandise turned Chapala’s first annual Festival del Tequila into an irresistible a magnet for an estimated throng of 10,000 visitors over its three-day run.
Embarking on a marathon working tour in the Lake Chapala region last week, Jalisco Human Rights Commission president Felipe de Jesus Alvarez Cibrian addressed local issues revolving around indigenous cultures, clean water and public security.
Chapala’s emblematic faro (lighthouse) is looking spiffy following recent renovation work. Local artist Miguel Mora spent several weeks retouching the series of small frescos depicting important episodes in lakeside history that embellish the interior of the structure. He also designed the decorative iron work that has been installed to protect the artwork from vandalism.
Ajijic artist Javier Zaragoza has temporarily closed shop at his local gallery to dedicate his time and talent to restoring the giant mural he painted on the southern façade of the town’s Delegacion office building back in 2008.
Mayor Joaquin Huerta has hit the stump to pitch his plan for an extreme makeover of the eastern leg of Chapala’s waterfront Malecon.
