The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Chapala is bringing back its high-speed amphibious police squadron, thanks to a new agreement between the municipality and the Jalisco State Public Safety Secretariat.
The Chapala water and sewage management agency, SIMAPA, has relocated its headquarters from Ribera del Pilar to a new location within the city limits.
Mexico officially commemorates the 1910 outbreak of the Mexican Revolution on Monday, November 17, marking an extended three-day holiday weekend (puente).
Four years from now, the town of Jocotepec will turn 500 years old. To begin the countdown to that historic milestone, the current municipal government is hosting the Primera Feria de la Fundación, scheduled Friday through Sunday, November 21-23.
Clever thinkers will gather on the grounds of the Lake Chapala Society on Sunday, November 16, to compete in the 7th annual Maestros del Lago Chess Tournament, organized by the Club Huarachess de Ajedrez.
The historic lakefront landmark known as Villa Virginia was reduced to rubble by a bulldozer on Tuesday, November 11, erasing a valuable piece of the city’s architectural heritage.
The Jalisco Ministry of Culture has awarded a grant to Chapala activist Cristina Flores Desales for the publication of “Gente Nuestra: La Memoria Oral de Chapala” (Our People: The Oral History of Chapala), which was selected as one of the 64 winning projects for the 2025 Municipal and Community Culture Support Program (PACMyC).
Foreign residents in Ajijic should get ready for the annual fiestas patronales, a ten-day celebration where locals let loose in honor of their spiritual patron, Saint Andrew the Apostle.
Last week, the Chapala government moved seven of its agencies from their annex in Riberas del Pilar to a newly rented space next to City Hall on Avenida Madero. The move consolidates key municipal services, including Public Works, Ecology, Economic Promotion, Education, Social Prevention, and Penalties Enforcement, into one central location.
