The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Chapala is widely identified as a place of romantic enchantment, principally thanks to famed Mexican composer Pepe Guizar. Images of enamored souls embracing on the lake’s moonlit shore come to mind in listening to his catchy ditty about the place he labels “rinconcito de amor” – a little corner of love.
Chapala still hasn’t formally enacted a local leash law, but one smart pup spotted near the malecón seems to have already found a way to comply with future rules.
Students enrolled in the tourism service curriculum at Chapala’s Escuela Preparatoria Regional will be able to learn all the in and outs of operating a successful restaurant business through the Centro de Empredurismo Sentli program to be launched within the next couple of weeks.
What’s in a name? Chapala mayor Javier Degollado recently acknowledged that he has scrapped hopes of getting the municipal seat designated as a Magic Town to trade up for an unique label as Mexico’s Cuna del Turismo (Cradle of Tourism).
“Good afternoon. My name is Bob” were the words pronounced by instructor Bob Dietz April 5 as he kicked off an English-language study program designed for the men and women serving with Chapala’s municipal police force.
The resurfacing of the Chapala-Ajijic Libramiento bypass will continue provoking inconvenience and danger to motorists at least until the end of this month, municipal authorities reported this week.
Tragedy struck a Chapala family Sunday, March 27, when a fire broke out in their home, fatally trapping a five-year-old girl in a second-story bedroom.
Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado and a cadre of his department heads received a less than cordial welcome in Santa Cruz de la Soledad when they showed up Wednesday, April 6 to kick off the local government’s new community outreach program.
Officials at the Chapala Ministerio Público (district attorney’s office) have reported the apparent suicide death of long-time lakeside resident Donald Lee Howse.