A group of concerned Lake Chapala area citizens held a press conference in Guadalajara last week to draw the metro area media’s attention to the insecurity and lack of justice plighting the Lakeside community.

An update on the investigations into the murders of lakeside residents Allan Turnipseed and Christopher Kahr.

Vendors operating commercial stands at the periphery of Chapala’s waterfront Malecon will be prohibited from selling hard liquor as of next year, according to city hall business license chief Luis Ernesto Lopez Amavizca.

Following recent municipal reforms, the Chapala city council has reinstated popular referendums to elect the administrative delegates for the satellite towns of Ajijic, San Antonio Tlayacapan, Santa Cruz de la Soledad, San Nicolas de Ibarra and Atotonilquillo.

A select group of veterinarians from Chapala and Guadalajara honed their skills in performing fast, safe sterilization surgery on domestic pets during a three-day training workshop conducted November 9 through 11 at Chapala’s DIF Family Development center.

Elders decked out in full-skirted adelita outfits drew warm applause as they danced along Avenida Madero in Chapala’s traditional Revolution Day parade, a colorful spectacle that ran for more than two hours.