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AI has storms in its sights
Neural networks are cheap and fast at predicting storm tracks, and are becoming more accurate too. But don't dismiss traditional weather models yet.
The restaurant carousel spins
At least four new restaurants will land in the parish.
Tiny birds, long trip
Hummingbirds are in Baton Rouge, gorging on nectar and insects before their flight south. Be a good host and feed them.
📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | September 8–13
Why it matters: A week that opens with Americana roots rock at Manship and closes with Chef Kevin Belton cooking live on stage—with a new musical theatre company, a September 11 tribute concert and a talent competition in between.
🗓️ Tuesday, September 8
🎵 Band of Heathens—7:30 p.m.
Booster shot?
SpaceX has succeeded, but the company must deliver a new rocket to fulfill Elon Musk's ambition for the Louisiana spaceport.
Waiting for a train
One train, five blocked crossings, 15 Jimmy Buffett songs.
Skip football. Order a julep.
Alan Walter is spritzing up the cocktail scene. He's inventing new juleps to serve at Hayride Scandal this weekend.
Pennington hunts diabetes' missing piece
BREC golf: a multimillion mulligan
Data center for Livingston?
Spilling the tees on BREC golf
The scorecard on the park system's five golf courses.
Of Mies and men
EBR Public Library has kept four chairs in a style that is still desired nearly 100 years after they were designed.
Verite: Where EBR sheriff is spending opioid funds
Louisiana's tariff tab
Taxes on imports are raising prices at the grocery store and at
AI fires up La. energy market
Hooters tries covering up
The chain that serves up wings with a side of naughtiness is rebranding.
No art to these data center deals
Gov. Landry embraced Trump's playbook on data centers. He skipped a few chapters.
One love, once more for River Center
The River Center will have one love for at least one more year, as the Metro Council last week approved a one-year, $418,500 naming rights extension with Raising Cane's and Legends/ASM.
Why it matters: The deal is a bit of a stopgap, as the River
Lane's return to the feed
LSU's head coach is back on social media, turning an exit from Ole Miss into cash.
Call of the Tigers
The Florida Street Blowhards will be a downtown tradition on LSU football home Fridays this fall.