George Duke, the Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul in a 40-year-plus career, has died. He was 67.
A seal was found by a Palo Alto City worker bobbing in the area of the flood gate at Byxbee Park in the Palo Alto Baylands. The seal did not appear to be injured.
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, has died at age 88.