Firefighters battle mountain blaze
The first major forest fire of the 2023 season affecting the mountain range that divides Lake Chapala’s north shore and Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos broke out on Saturday, March 19.
The first major forest fire of the 2023 season affecting the mountain range that divides Lake Chapala’s north shore and Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos broke out on Saturday, March 19.
With Holy Week now just around the corner, villagers in Ajijic and San Antonio are hustling to wrap up final preparations for the traditional Easter pageants that have been staged year after year for more than four decades, to bring religious doctrine to life.
The Lake Chapala Farmers Market (LCFM) is celebrating its 13th anniversary, Tuesday, March 21 at La Huerta de Serna Salon, Carretera Jocotepec-Chapala 524 in West Ajijic.
A Chapala work crew made a startling and mysterious discovery early Monday, March 20 while initiating a cleanup of the narrow beach area in front of the Malecón prior to the upcoming Easter holiday tourist season.
February 11, ANAVETS Mexico Unit 19 (Army Navy Airforce Veterans Association) held a silent auction fundraiser at Mama’s Musical Bar in San Antonio Tlayacapan to aid the 22 girls aged 6 to 18 who live at the Love in Action (Amor en Acción) home for children in Chapala.
Trumpet player Luis Gasca has put together a fantastic night of Latin jazz and music that is making the rounds of central Mexico with one-night-only concerts from March 23 to 26 at the Incrujero Rock House in Queretaro, The Ajijic Spot, Teatro Cervantes in Guanajuato and Coyote Flaco in San Miguel de Allende.
The armed assaults by criminals on bank customers that are so frequently reported in Guadalajara are now becoming more common in the lakeside area.
Chapala’s Oscar star, Chapalense Estrella Arraiza Briseño, was in the limelight following last Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, posing (at right) with colleague and winner Guillermo del Toro and his wife Kim.
A man, approximately 50 years of age, was gunned down Tuesday, March 14 inside the Centro Laguna shopping mall, at the intersection of the Libramiemto bypass and the Chapala-Jocotepec highway.