Keith Richard Godchaux was born in Seattle on this date in 1948. The keyboardist would go on to join the Grateful Dead in October 1971 after his wife Donna Jean Godchaux introduced him to Jerry Garcia a few months earlier as "the Grateful Dead's new keyboardist."

More than $100,000 in jewelry, phones, and cash were stolen during a home invasion early Thursday at a luxury high-rise in the Newport section of Jersey City, authorities said. The Jersey City Police Department's Major Case Unit is investigating the home invasion at 465 Washington Blvd. -- one of the two 50-story Monaco towers -- city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said.

JERSEY CITY - Police have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with a shooting last month that left five people injured. Sheldon Mays, of McAdoo Avenue, is charged with aggravated assault and multiple weapons offenses for the shooting near Kennedy Boulevard and Lexington Avenue on June 30, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly said in a phone interview.

Niambi Sala and Thandiwe, the dynamic duo known as Oshun, are bringing their unique combination of neo-soul and hip-hop to White Eagle Hall next Thursday, July 26. And they're practically bringing a musical festival with them, as they'll be joined by Zhe Aqueen , Sunnie , Dante Lyriq , Ashley Sadler , Moresoupplease , THEakasha , and Conundrum -- some of whom are local artists. Oshun debuted in 2014, just a year after Niambi and Thandiwe met at NYU.

The owner of the building ravaged by a five-alarm fire that left five children dead has been cited for nearly a dozen fire code violations, including failing to maintain fire alarms and smoke detectors. Jason Chen, who owns 416 25th Street in Union City, was issued 11 citations by the Union City Fire Prevention Bureau for a variety of code violations on Tuesday - four days after Friday's fatal fire.

The former St. Lucy's Catholic Church in Downtown Jersey City, with its shrine to the patron saint of impossible causes, St. Jude, is slated to be redeveloped into market-rate housing. ( Founded in 1884 for poor Irish immigrants, St. Lucy's Church in Downtown Jersey City flourished as a Catholic parish until 1920, when blocks of homes were razed to build the entrance and exit to the Holland Tunnel.