The Guadalajara Reporter
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Need some legal advice on a shoestring budget? Trot down to Chapala’s central plaza Saturday, May 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to get in on consultations to be offered free of charge by attorneys affiliated with the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA).
Officials from 13 federal, state and municipal government agencies put on friendly faces to introduce themselves to the public at an open forum held Wednesday, May 17 at the cultural center housed in Chapala’s former town hall building.
Troubles have plagued San Antonio’s Malecón since efforts to turn the shoreline marshlands into a public recreational area started a decade ago.
Chapala officials are admitting that circumstantial evidence points to a low-level government employee as the prime suspect in the fatal poisoning of more than 20 dogs reported in Ajijic since last summer.
A huge swath of marshland bordering the San Antonio Tlayacapan waterfront went up in flames Saturday, May 6, devastating the habitat of thousands of wild birds.
Emergency calls that have kept the Chapala Fire Department jumping of late include a blaze that broke out Friday, May 5 at a popular restaurant and club located on the Ajijic Plaza. The cause of the fire was attributed to a gas leak in the kitchen. After quick repairs and a clean-up of the damages, the downtown hotspot is already back in business.
Dozens of Ajijic residents have become alarmed by the recent door-to-door distribution of municipal notices asking them to present documents related to the ownership, building permits and public services of private properties.
Dr. Miguel Villaseñor (center) was the guest speaker at the May 11 meeting of the Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club, when he gave a slide show on the most complex cases he has handled at the oral health specialty clinic he operates every week through Ajijic’s Centro de Salud.
Since the last days of April, firefighters from Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Chapala, Jocotepec, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga and Jalisco’s Civil Protection brigade have been battling an extensive brush and forest fire that has spread over both sides of the mountain range bordering Lake Chapala’s north shore.
Due to strong winds combined with extreme dry conditions of the land and foliage, more than 150 hectares of terrain within natural reserve area had become scorched mid-week and smoky air quality prevailed throughout the region.
