The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
As Chapala’s Public Security Department (DSP) settles into new headquarters built across the street from the Soriana supermarket parking lot, the former police station located at the corner of Niños Heroes and Zaragoza is in the process of being remodeled to house a base for a detachment of the National Guard (GN).
Bright and beautiful Chapala contestant Mariana Macias was awarded the title Miss Jalisco 2019 in a closed-door pageant final held Friday, June 26, after a series of competition setbacks.
Chapala is not the only place where city dwellers and other Jalisco inhabitants are looking to go for relief from Covid-19 anxieties.
Pablo González Rodríguez, the man in charge of setting up a permanent home for Chapala’s Municipal Archives, shows off work in progress to store a collection of documents and historical materials dating back to 1800.
With the extended shutdown of Chapala boardwalks lifted as of June 27, throngs of weekend visitors returned to the area’s popular tourist zones.
Public debate continues over appropriate use of the unbroken eight-kilometer length of the Chapala-Ajijic ciclovía.
Wednesday, June 24 – the date Mexico commemorates International Paramedics Day – turned out to be a red letter day for Cruz Roja Chapala (CRC) when volunteers with the FoodBank Lakeside arrived at midday to deliver despensas (food packages) to the clinic’s 47 staffers.
Like many local charitable organizations, the Operación Amor spay and neuter program has been obliged to adapt to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to carry on their good work.
The Chapala government announced the re-opening of its malecón zones, plazas and community parks, effective Thursday, June 25.
