On Sunday, there was much rejoicing in downtown New Orleans and across the city, as large parts of the Marigny-Bywater and more than 28,000 New Orleanians saw their houses light up and their air conditioning turn on for the first time since last Tuesday. Overall, outages remained across the city as more than 35,000 customers remained off the grid at about 10 a.m. Monday morning.

Mayor Mitch held budget forums to allow the public to speak up on the budget in all five City Council districts. But since the District C forum was held in Algiers, a group of neighborhoods in the area of the district on the East Bank of the Mississippi are holding their own forum tonight. French Quarter, Treme, Marigny and Bywater residents are invited to St. Mark's Church (1130 N. Rampart St.) for the meeting, which will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Organizers say they want to provide officials with "as much community input as feasibly possible" in the budget process.

In this week's file of foul play, a mugger with a metal pipe struck twice, a teen was connected to a Saturday night out filled with carjackings and shootings and a man was tied up in his own home by a pair of acquaintances. Each week, Crescent City Crime Bits provides a full look at the past seven days on the police beat:

A mugging in the Marigny Triangle was caught on tape, and now police are looking to ID the man who jumped out of a car and put a woman in a headlock on Burgundy Street early Friday morning. According to police, the woman and a friend were walking at about 1:15 a.m. in the 1900 block of Burgundy when a man attacked. He allegedly jumped out of a silver car, put the woman in a headlock and hit her several times in the face. The man demanded the pair's property, but then got back into the car, and didn't take any items. Watch the incident, via a ProjectNOLA crime camera:

Though they officially took "no action," the city's historic commission dealt a blow to  the controversial Elisio Lofts project today. Citing the 75-foot height of the proposed Marigny development's tallest building, the Historic District Landmarks Commission denied conceptual approval of the residential and commercial complex. Developer Sean Cummings wants to build a three-building complex at the corner of Elysian Fields Ave. and Decatur St., but ran into neighborhood opposition - lead by the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association - over the height of the tallest building.

Over the last few weeks, the Marigny has once again become the setting for high drama.

MARIGNY -- A five-alarm fire burned the 90-year-old Hubig's Pie Factory to the ground early Friday morning. The blaze is believed to have started just after 4:20 a.m. in the fry room, located at the center of the iconic factory at 2417 Dauphine Street. Firefighters found the building fully involved with flames when they reached the building at about 4:30 a.m. No injuries were reported, though 2-3 employees were in the building when the fire began, and had to escape, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. Click through for photos from the scene:

In addition to the Second Line Show Down on Saturday at Tipitina's, the Sunday-heavy parade calendar is throwing the rest of the wek some more lagniappe tonight in the Marigny. The Bayou Steppers Social Aide and Pleasure Club are set to roll out from Sound Cafe (2700 Chartres Street) at 6 p.m. for a Summer Solstice Second Line. Click through for the full route and details.

Crime was not among crowds soaking up JazzFest, but it did find a way into the cars of people who were parked nearby, as someone spent their Saturday afternoon pulling off a spate of car burglaries in City Park. Elsewhere, a man held up a convenience store with only a wig as a disguise, Bobcat paid boaters a visit with a mysterious threat and a rash of robberies were reported in the French Quarter - during some of which police came up with arrests. Crescent City Crime Bits fills in the details:

Mardi Gras Zone owner Benny Naghi was reportedly in stable condition after he was stabbed in an early morning attack Friday after a man entered the Marigny store and attempted to rob it at knifepoint. Around 12:45 a.m., police said a person entered the store, produced the knife and robbed the cashier of an undisclosed amount of money. At that time, the man who friends identified as Naghi entered the store. He was stabbed several times by the robber, and taken to University Hospital, according to police.