Burien Severe Weather Shelter in need of donations, volunteers as temperatures plummet
The Burien Severe Weather says it will stay open through the weekend as temperatures plummet. However, it’s in desperate need ...
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Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar
UC Berkeley Social Sciences Dean Raka Ray released a statement distributed by the university saying that she was “reeling” ...
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Oakland hit-and-run collision claims life of renowned UC Berkeley sociology professor
A well-known 77-year-old University of California, Berkeley sociology professor was killed in a hit-and-run collision while ...
Live map: Track the rain in the Bay Area
The last storm of a rainy week arrived in the Bay Area on Thursday morning. The updating radar map above shows current areas ...
Sociology Professor's Death Shocks UC Berkeley Campus
Raka Ray, the dean of social sciences at Berkeley, said in a statement to HuffPost that she was “reeling” from the news about ...
Residents stage peaceful protest of president's actions
On Wednesday, a group of about a dozen people gathered at the corner of Wesley Street and Kari Lane in Greenville to protest President Donald Trump's proposals and actions over his first two weeks in ...
Hit-and-run death of UC Berkeley professor emeritus Michael Burawoy an ‘unimaginable loss’
Michael Burawoy, 77, of Oakland, died after being hit by a car about 7:10 p.m. at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Park ...
Michael Burawoy (1947-2025): A scholar committed to taking sociology to the public
The Marxist sociologist wrote incisively about the way in which capital-labour relations played out in practice in industrial ...