The San José chapel and three private homes were damaged by a flash flood that hit the   upper section of La Floresta early Thursday, September 17. 

In a striking departure from the usual crowing heard year after year at the annual Informe de Gobierno (state of municipaity report), a contrite Joaquín Huerta Barrios confessed he had little to brag about for his final year in office. Instead, his September 14 message on the highlighted his administration’s efforts to rescue the government from the brink of bankruptcy. 

With perfect weather conditions and several thousand spectators jammed into the Cruz Azul soccer field to catch the drama, 11 teams of balloon flyers put on a multi-colored spectacle at Ajijic’s traditional Regatta de Globos Saturday, September 12.

Unabashed patriotism and high spirits will grip the lakeside area as traditional Fiestas Patrias festivities get rolling this weekend. Here’s an abbreviated day-by-day list of holiday happenings to enjoy with your friends and neighbors.

With a green light from the Chapala city council last week, plans to put an old caboose on permanent display outside the former railway station are now on course. 

Chapala’s former town hall building reawakened from a 17-year slumber Thursday, August 27 as hundreds of guests crowded in for the glitzy grand opening of the edifice baptized as the Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia.