The Big E: Emeril Lagasse  ~Brett Martin, Garden & Gun~Before the TV shows, the cookware, “Bam!,” and the rest, Emeril Lagasse was a young chef taking over the venerable Commander’s Palace, the launching pad for a career that would change the food world forever. Now, with his first new New Orleans spot in nearly two decades, he’s back to doing what he really loves

New Orleans agrees to pay $13.3 million for police post-Katrina killings ~Jon Herskovitz, Reuters

Louisiana coastal work delays could cost billions of dollars, study says ~Mark Schleifstein

Homes bought out in Bayou Corne sinkhole disaster provide place for tornado victims ~David Mitchell, The Advocate

The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US ~Daily Mail

Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular, those which feed the Mississippi River, in pink

 

 

 

 

Study says New Orleans will see one of the highest levels of sea level rise in the world ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

Consider The Alligator II: Big Changes Come To Louisiana’s Gator Ranching Industry ~Scrumptious Chef

Jeff damage suit against 9 oil firms to go to trial, judge rules ~Mark Schleifstein

Attorneys in BP settlement will divide $555.2 million, modest compared to similar cases, judge says~The Advocate

A home for The Music Box, the musical architecture village opens its permanent space in Bywater ~Gambit

Hey tourists! Live like a local in a taxpayer-subsidized Airbnb apartment ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens

$80 million Shell Island restoration nears completion ~Mark Schleifstein

Chicago museum agrees to correct Hurricane Katrina exhibit ~Levees.org

North Rampart streetcars finally a go: Riders to board new line on Sunday ~Jessica Williams, N.O. Advocate 

Volunteers gather to rebuild homes across NOLA~WWLTV

Piedmont Wind Symphony getting a jump on Mardi Gras ~Lynn Felder, Winston-Salem Journal

“New Orleans was the most musically vibrant city in the country at that time. You could go see a different opera seven days a week, even on Sunday,” ~Mathew Troy, music director.

Music Box Village, NOLA's most unique music venue opens ~Doug MacCash

Waiting for change: New Orleans restaurant workers, tips and new ways to pay ~Helen Freund, Gambit

Buckwheat Zydeco, bandleader who helped introduce Louisiana zydeco to the world, dies at 68 ~Keith Spera

Helis Oil abandons fracking project in St. Tammany Parish ~Robert Rhoden

After Federal Flood of New Orleans 8-29-05, house elevations depended on timing, funding, mindset ~David J. Mitchel, The Advocate

Why we're going to lose on short term rentals ~Library Chronicles

Flooding damage to Louisiana agriculture pegged at $277M ~AP

Top 50 New Orleans Saints of All-Time: No 10-6 ~John Hendrix, Canal Street Chronicles

Feds to shoulder bigger share of Louisiana flood costs ~Julia O'Donoghue