Clandestine cell phone transmission tower builders skulked back on the local scene last week, setting off a flurry of frantic phones calls from nervous neighbors that put Guadalajara Reporter staff, Chapala police and the city’s Regulations Department on high alert.
Jalisco’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Jaime Reyes Robles spent a full morning on campus at Chapala’s Instituto Tecnológico Superior (ITS) Wednesday, February 26 to attend the graduation of 143 Lakeside area students who have completed their professional studies in the fields of administration, computer systems engineering, electronic engineering, industrial engineering and business management engineering.
The mayors of Jocotepec, Jalisco and Plymouth, California formally sealed ties of friendship and cooperation between their respective communities at a ceremony held Friday, February 21 at the doorstep of Jocotepec’s Municipal Palace.
San Antonio Tlayacapan community activists Victoria Corona and Rosa Maria Ibarra are spearheading an ad hoc defense committee to fight the National Water Commission demolition order issued for the waterfront Malecon.
A huge turn-out for the recent three-day Operación Compasión spay and neuter clinic indicates that villagers in San Juan Cosala are latching on to the concept of family planning for their household pets.
The death of Roca Azul trailer park resident John Paul Abeel last week hasn’t flustered long-term inhabitants of the park. Abeel was a loner who lived on the edge of the transient RV community and wasn’t well known, even to his nearest neighbor, who lives just ten meters from the now sealed motorhome.
Local contractor Marco Zaragoza hosted a meeting at La Nueva Posada last week to discuss his vision for the Centro Deportivo Acuatico Axixic, a sports complex designed as a facility for local youth to train in swimming, diving and water polo and a hub for non-motorized boating disciplines.
The Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation (LCJC) in Riberas (Santa Margarita 113) will host a symposium on Wednesday, March 12, 2 p.m. on the issues raised by the prominent Israeli journalist and writer, Ari Shavit, in his recent monumental book “My Promised Land.”
A U.S. citizen living in the Roca Azul complex outside Jocotopec has died following an alleged altercation last week.
Tuck into a fabulous feast while contributing to the Lake Chapala Shrine Club’s noble cause to support local children with severe medical problems by attending the 8th annual Ribfest on Saturday, March 5, 1 to 5 p.m.
It literally takes a village to put on Ajijic’s annual Easter Passion Play, a spectacular religious pageant made up of multiple episodes running over an entire week.
Police have captured a prime suspect in the case of a Canadian couple murdered in their Ajijic home, while an accomplice remains on the run, Jalisco Attorney General Luis Carlos Nájera announced at a press conference held Thursday, February 13.
The waterfront Malecón in San Antonio Tlayacapan is in danger of mutilation, deriving from a demolition order emitted by the National Water Commission (Conagua) in January of last year.
There’s still time to sign up for the star-studded 10th Annual Lake Chapala Writer’s Conference, scheduled Wednesday, February 26 through Friday, February 28.
Although the Lakeside Garden Guild’s “Wipe Out Graffiti” program is currently in “maintenance mode,” individuals can still contribute in several ways.
Police have captured a prime suspect in the case of a Canadian couple murdered in their Ajijic home, while an accomplice remains on the run, Jalisco Attorney General Luis Carlos Nájera announced at a press conference early this morning.
"We’re going to get those guys,” declared Jalisco Attorney General Luis Carlos Nájera in reference to the killers who took the lives of Canadians Nina Discombe and Edward Kular last weekend during a home invasion in Ajijic.
A Canadian couple was found murdered in their La Floresta home early Sunday, February 9. Based on evidence found at the scene, police presume that the probable motive of the crime was a robbery gone wrong.
An Ajijic resident was shot around midday day on Thursday, February 6 in what appears to be an emerging ploy to commit robbery against unwary lakeside householders.
With electricity bills on the rise, lakeside residents are increasingly harnessing power from the sun and installing solar panels.
If getting your mojo working with tastes and tunes from the tropical Caribbean isn’t reason enough to attend the Lake Chapala Society’s February 22 Fiesta Latina then consider the goodwill you will spawn by supporting the annual fund-raiser for the organization’s triple-pronged education programs that benefit your Mexican neighbors.