Jocotepec threw a gala blow-out this week to celebrate the expansive waterfront recreational complex baptized as the Puerto Interior.

A series of violent home invasions with similar modus operandi targeting expatriate residents have been registered in recent weeks at the Lake Chapala Crime Watch website.

The Lake Chapala Shrine Club met with Dr. Jorge Gonzalez this week to thank him for screening Lakeside children for orthopedic problems.

Lakeside residents who signed up for the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) are up in arms over recent cutbacks in palliative care and the supply of free medications, while some have even been suddenly booted off the government health care system.

The 2011 Lake Chapala Festival de las Aves, timed to coincide with the seasonal arrival of migrating bird populations, gets off the ground next weekend with a diverse program of ecological and cultural events running through the end of the month.

A young couple and their infant daughter were gunned down Wednesday, November 9 in the first episode of violence to rattle the Lake Chapala area since the lifting of tight security measures implemented during the Pan American Games.