General News

While local weather watchers puzzle over the delay of this year’s rainy season, meteorologists attribute the atypical situation to El Niño, a naturally occurring climate pattern associated with warming of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

Local motorists who do not intend to witness the celebration surrounding the Virgen de Zapopan’s traditional summer visit to Chapala would be wise to avoid driving to the downtown area on Sunday, July 9.

The sudden removal of a row of trees boarding the highway across the road from Ajijic’s Plaza Bugambilias on Tuesday, July 11 generated a hail of criticism against the Chapala government, labeled as unwarranted ecocide.

In an effort to alleviate persistent traffic tangles caused by the Avenida Madero reconstruction project, the Chapala government has conditioned two large empty lots as free public parking facilities at the north end of the city’s main artery.

If the prolongation of this year’s dry season has caused angst and discomfort amongst inhabitants of the Lake Chapala region, it has also given heightened impetus to Sembradores de Vida and other local environmental activists who lead and support community reforestation projects.

Jon Benjamin, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Mexico, paid a courtesy visit to Chapala on Tuesday, June 27, as part of his working tour in Jalisco this week.

Back-to-back festivities will keep Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos inhabitants and visitors jumping over the last two weeks of this month.

A bronze plaque fixed next to the entrance the San Francisco Church bears the following legend: “