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Berkeley To Pay $170,000 To Woman Hit By Squad Car
sfgate.com 4 weeks agoThe city of Berkeley has agreed to pay $170,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an El Cerrito woman who was hit by a police car while riding her scooter. Lisbeth Ann Bittle was riding her scooter east in a traffic circle...
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Johnny Otis Of 'Willie And The Hand Jive' Dies
msnbc.com 4 weeks agoLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Johnny Otis, who made the R&B classic "Willie and the Hand Jive" and evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died in California at 90. His manager, Terry Gould, says Otis died Tuesday at his home in Altadena. Otis, who was white, grew up in a black section of Berkeley and adopted black culture as his own. He started his musical career as a drummer. By 1945, was a band leader and had a hit with "Harlem Nocturne." Otis' 1958 recording of "Willie and t






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