What Makes Us Different

lakesidenewschapala.com is the #1 source for local news about Lakeside in English. If you are looking for the professional local news you are familiar with, lakesidenewschapala.com is the source. 

A volunteer-driven joint project of the Semanario Laguna newspaper and Lake Chapala Society (LCS), LakesideNews translates every story from Laguna’s news bureaus in Chapala, Ajijic, San Juan Cosalá, and Jocotepec into English and rewrites them into US/Canadian-style journalism.  No Google translations!

With reporters, feature writers, photographers and columnists throughout Lakeside, lakesidenewschapala.com gives you news, calendars, features and in-depth investigations from both Expat and Mexican viewpoints.

LakesideNews .com is the go-to location for breaking news, videos,  and features in English not found elsewhere. It is also the exclusive home of recipes from renowned chef Elba Camejo, the Lakeside Chronicles column that takes you through writings to the depths of Mexican culture, and music news and reviews from Music Sin Fronteras, read by hundreds of thousands of people in the US and the UK –available in Mexico  only in lakesidenewschapala.com

lakesidenewschapala.com also features livestream and video from events and breaking news plus, our writers and editors will summarize national, international and Jalisco state stories that affect life in Lakeside.

The reporters, columnists and feature writers of Semanario Laguna /lakesidenewschapala.com have been trained and certified in a Master Journalism Certification program and are members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Semanario Laguna provides them with a Continuing Education program to ensure that all stories in lakesidenewschapala.com are accurate, interesting and represent the best of journalism.