The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Following health protection measures decreed by state authorities, the Chapala government has canceled patriotic festivities traditionally scheduled during the month of September.
For the second time in just over a year, agents from the State Attorney for Environmental Protection (Proepa) have slapped a temporary total closure order on a real estate development project located on the Lake Chapala’s south shore in the municipality of Jocotepec.
Five Ajijic artists are gearing up to adorn village streets with brand new murals after being named winners of a contest organized by the Chapala government.
The tourist information module installed several weeks ago at the Ajijic Malecón is up but not running.
A mighty deluge early Wednesday, August 11, turned the streets and pedestrian staircases of central Chapala into scenes reminiscent of Venice and Niagara Falls.
Chapala’s Public Sanitation Department dispatched a crew last week to clean up trash and debris accumulated at the bottom end of the Arroyo San Marcos where it crosses under a bridge on Avenida González Gallo near the former railway station.
Vaccination campaigns are still being ramped up at lakeside, with clinics operating August 10 through 13 in Chapala and Jocotepec for application of second doses of the AstraZeneca shot to persons who got their first jabs with the 50 to 59 and older age group during the first week of June.
Exasperated because government authorities have failed to curtail what they see as privatization of federal land, dozens of Ajijic inhabitants have taken the law into their own hands to tear down fencing installed along Lake Chapala’s shoreline.
The people of a tiny northshore village have gained access to a potable water system for the first time thanks to a cooperative effort between Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club and the municipal government of Poncitlán.
