General News

FoodBank Lakeside, the charity that delivers hundreds of monthly basic food packages to economically challenged local families, is facing a chronic cash shortage and is seeking the community’s help.

Aside from scaring the daylights out of many residents, the September 19 earthquake that rattled many parts of Mexico, and the strong aftershock registered at 1:16 a.m. on Thursday, caused little structural damage and no human injury in the lakeshore region.

Guanajuato boasts a host of sites and services appealing to all kinds of visitors, as revealed by the state’s tourism minister, Juan José Álvarez Brunel, during a talk to a full house attending the Open Circle meeting at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) the morning of September 18.

Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) Rector Ricardo Villanueva Lomelí visited Chapala Wednesday, September 21 to meet with Mayor Alejandro Aguirre for discussions on reviving plans to a establish a regional university campus on grounds titled to the institution under previous administrations.

Chapala’s Civil Protection and Firefighters unit spearheaded the rescue of a cow that broke loose this week and became trapped in a 1.8-meter-deep ditch on the outskirts of Ajijic.

Ajijic’s phantasmagoric Regatta de Globos thrilled a throng of sky watchers gathered at the Campo Cruz Azul soccer field Saturday, September 10.

A 33-year-old motorist flipped over in the Nissan sedan he was driving early Wednesday, September 21, while ineptly navigating curves on the southward approach to the area of Chapala Haciendas.

With few concrete accomplishments to brag about for his first year in office, Chapala Mayor Alejandro focused much of his September 12 Informe de Gobierno on what he labeled as work for and close to his constituents.