Suggesting he will catch on to the coattails of Morena presidential candidate Andrés Manuel Obrador, former mayor Gerardo Degollado this week revealed poll numbers showing him in the lead of Chapala’s mayoral race.

The lakeside branch of the Jalisco College of Architects will host a candidates’ forum – open to the public, regardless of nationality – on matters related to urban development and planning scheduled for Monday, June 18, 6:15 p.m., at the association office, Calle Los Angeles 63 at the corner of San Diego in Riberas del Pilar.

Armed with a love of science, vivid imaginations and an antiquated computer, a pair of Ajijic teenagers have invented a video game program that has earned them international acclaim.

A final decision on Ajijic’s application for Pueblo Mágico status will remain up in the air until after next month’s election, reports Chapala tourism director Habath Angel Orozco.

Alejandro Aguirre Curiel, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) candidate in Chapala’s mayoral race, will reach out to the expatriate community at an open forum scheduled Tuesday, June 12, 10 a.m., at the Chula Vista Country Club.

After a potent storm knocked down a huge galeana (African tulip) tree on Ajijic’s Calle Independencia  last month, neighbor Tom Thompson became concerned that a gangly jacaranda growing across the street might meet the same fate.