The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
It’s not every day people get to celebrate a birthday, and not even every year if they happen to come into the world on February 29. Being a leap-year baby has motivated local artist Charlsie Kelly to throw a very special 18th birthday bash next week.
Every year the Lake Chapala Shrine Club facilitates the diagnosis of dozens of lakeside area children afflicted with physical disabilities.
The video-mapping projections screened at the Chapala waterfront pitched as a highlight of the February 8 to 13 Carnaval festivities were plagued by last-minute schedule changes and technical issues that tarnished the program’s expected glamor.
The Ajijic plaza was filled with a whirlwind of activity this week revolving around the first edition of the Feria Internacional de Arte (FIAA), an intriguing Mexico-Canada cultural exchange showcasing live demonstrations by master woodcarvers from Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
The Chapala police force received a boost last week with the acquisition of new patrol vehicles, life insurance policies and uniforms for officers.
A group of 18 elderly inhabitants from the municipality of Chapala arrived in Los Angeles, California on February 18 for an emotional reunion with sons and daughters whom they had not seen or embraced for more than 20 years.
The Chapala government has announced the complete schedule for the projection of the new video mapping shows that were set to debut on Thursday, February 8.
The Chapala City Council has approved legal maneuvers to fast-track housing the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) Chapala branch at the abandoned grounds of the Media Park.
After February 2 meetings with authorities of the National Water Commission (Conagua) and the federal Ministry of the Environment (Semarnat) in Guadalajara, Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre expressed confidence that the conflict over a sewage system project shut down in Riberas del Pilar a week earlier will be resolved favorably and eventually proceed as planned.
