The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Two elderly expatriates who lived alone have been found dead in their homes over the past two weeks. Both apparently expired due to natural causes.
It’s quince-picking season in the farmlands near Lake Chapala, a great time to plan day trips to Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Atotonilquillo to attend their respective summer harvest town fairs.
Hundreds of off-road enthusiasts roared into Riberas del Pilar last Sunday to mix it up at lakeside’s 17th Festival del Lodo.
Three suspects linked to a number of lakeside home and business burglaries were caught red-handed Thursday, July 16, by Chapala police.
Although enforcement of Jalisco’s obligatory vehicle emission testing program has been lax in the lakeside area in the past, local traffic department commander Eduardo Miranda Moreno warns that officers are now on the lookout for cars and trucks lacking up-to-date inspection stickers and out-of-state models that visibly spew pollutants.
A giant statue of the Virgin of Zapopan mounted at the Chapala waterfront for her July 12 visit to Lake Chapala has been given a permanent home on the boardwalk, just across the street from the San Francisco church.
California State Senator Benjamin Hueso received a warm welcome Tuesday, July 21 on his second visit to Chapala in pursuit of a sealing a cooperative agreement with his home district.
The Ajijic pier and the shabby abandoned restaurant attached to its east side will be getting a major facelift at the expense of prominent Guadalajara businessman Hector Fabio Rizzo Jasso and well-heeled investors from the city’s gastronomic services sector.
If you’re out and about in the Chapala area these days, you might have the impression that local traffic officers are hounding motorists who violate the rules of the road.