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Lake Chapala Society readies to reopen

Four months after closing the gates and suspending regular activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) is making strides to prepare for reopening, in time to hold the annual general meeting of the membership, tentatively scheduled for August 20.


Motorists beware!

The Chapala government is in the process of undertaking road repairs along the highway and north end of Avenida Madero in Chapala.

‘376’ prefix now compulsory

Lakeside residents who have experienced problems getting phone calls through to Chapala area landlines are advised that, as of the first of this week, the former area code must be used for dialing up local numbers.

Lake Chapala gains 13 centimeters

Lake Chapala rose by 13 centimeters during the first month of the 2020 rainy season.  As of July 22, the lake was at 61 percent of full capacity, with a volume of 4.8 billion cubic meters, according to  Jalisco Water Commission (CEA) calculations.

Crime wave strikes lakeside

A long-time Canadian resident of lakeside was the victim of a terrifying home invasion that appears to be the worst of a recent rash of residential burglaries reported in various Chapala neighborhoods this month.