Ajijic’s unbridled salute to spiritual patron Saint Andrew the Apostle blasts off Tuesday, November 21, continuing on a festive roll through the first weekend of December.

While the conditions of Lake Chapala appear to have improved significantly over the past seven years, progress in achieving coordinated action at all three levels of government to guarantee its long-term environmental well-being continues to lag, according to  Marion Hammerl, president of the Global Nature Fund, parent organization of the Living Lakes network.

Lakeside communities break with normal routines Monday, November 20 to commemorate the 1910 outbreak of La Revolución Mexicana with colorful parades, sporting events and other traditional festivities.

Remember the classic Abbot and Costello skit known as “Who’s on first?”

The Chapala police department will relocate to permanent headquarters early next year after occupying a rundown rental property in a central residential neighborhood for almost two decades.

The professionalization of the municipal police force is the principal goal Chapala Public Security Director Adán Domínguez León.