CityBusiness Up to the Minute

DOTD extends Gretna ferry hours after ridership demand increases
Since the route shift, 19,251 pedestrians have used the ferry, an average of 332 per day.

New Orleans man pleads guilty to Road Home fraud
A New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to lying on an application in order to get $87,424 from the state's Road Home program.

N.O. hotel occupancy rebounds in October
New Orleans had the 11th highest hotel occupancy rate in October among the top 25 markets after posting the lowest rate a month earlier, according to Smith Travel Research.

Ralph Brennan group running NOMA cafe during Disney exhibit
The Courtyard Cafe at the New Orleans Museum of Art is back in operation - temporarily, at least - for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.

Entergy funds Bayou Segnette wetlands-rebuilding project
New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. said it is funding a project to rebuild Louisiana's wetlands.

Treme studio helps keep post-production film work in Louisiana
If the walls of the sprawling 150-year-old house at 1240 Esplanade Ave. in the historic Treme neighborhood could talk, they would tell tales of the history of New Orleans.