The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
No one expects that a day in the park would turn into a real-life police drama, but that is what happened in Chapala on Wednesday, July 29.
Lake Chapala has steadily bounced back from a dry seasonal low during the first week of June, rising to its highest level in the past three years at the start of August.
In just two months, a citizen petition posted on the Change.org platform has gathered more than 3,000 signatures, calling on authorities to strengthen protection of the Ajijic mountain range and promote sustainable urban development along the Lake Chapala shoreline.
Jalisco’s government recently published the public Detailed Design for the Chapala-Guadalajara Replacement Aqueduct. The major infrastructure project requires over 10.7 billion pesos (US$620.7 million) to replace the current pipeline, ensuring the allocated flow rate of 7.5 m³/s without increasing lake withdrawal, while reducing leakage and operating costs.
Ixtlahuacán de Los Membrillos celebrates its tenth annual International Quince Festival July 31 through August 2, with ambitions to establish a Guinness World Record for the elaboration of the largest-ever cajeta or ate de membrillo, a typical dense jelly made from the tart and pectin-rich fruit.
The Delegación Ajijic administration office has issued a plea for residents and out-of-town visitors to refrain from parking on sections of village streets where work related to the installation of the underground cable system is still in progress.
At its latest session on Friday, July 17, the Chapala City Council approved an initiative to designate the third Sunday of October as the official annual celebration of Día del Lago de Chapala. The measure passed by majority vote, with the support of all political factions.
A young man recently arrested on accusations of being a local “perpetrator of violence” has gained the sympathy of dozens of residents who staged a demonstration outside Chapala’s San Francisco church on Sunday, July 27.
Zaida Cristina Reynoso Camacho, representing the municipality of Chapala, was crowned Senior Ambassador for Jalisco Southeast Region 05 during the regional contest held Friday, July 10 in the municipality of Valle de Juárez.