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Drone pilots in action

A specialized team of officers from Chapala’s Civil Protection and Firefighters (PCyB) squad have completed basic training in the use of a sophisticated drone that was employed to supervise control of the brush fire that broke out earlier this month in the hills above Brisas de Chapala.

14 berry farm workers die in bus crash

Fourteen passengers in a bus transporting personnel from a Jalisco berry farm died after an apparent brake failure caused the vehicle to collide with a wall on the road running between Citala and Tuxcueca, near the southern shore of Lake Chapala Wednesday evening.

Sudden storm causes extensive damage

Although weather reports predicted a 75 percent probability of precipitation for Saturday, May 14, many Lakeside residents were taken by surprise when an unusually intense rainstorm swept through the Chapala area in the late afternoon.

Water utility faces multiple challenges

Chapala’s water and sewage utility Simapa was already dealing with long-standing complaints of deficient service lodged by residents of Las Redes and other customers of the city’s northeast sector when additional troubles cropped up last weekend.