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Living large for Day of the Dead

Lakeside residents will observe an intense burst of activity over the coming week as the community comes to life to commemorate the Dia de los Fieles Difuntos (Day of the Faithful Dead) on Friday, November 2.


An American princess in Maximillian’s Mexico

Agnes LeClerc Joy was the 23-year-old wife of Prince Felix Salm Salm, a Prussian mercenary who had distinguished himself serving as a captain in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War.

Respected international group opens local office to expose farm industry

As the ill repute of Jalisco grows – over its murder rate and misdeeds of officials at the city morgue – Igualdad Animal (Animal Equality) has opened a Guadalajara office to draw attention to the gross mistreatment of other creatures: hens, chicks, cows, calves, pigs and piglets.

Talking over one’s end-of-life issues

While Debi Buckland, a relatively new resident of lakeside, was busy settling into her recently purchased home with husband Bruce, she stumbled upon an article by Wendy Jane Carrel about the Death Café movement.