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December 9, 2023
Throughout the month of October, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed 145 bills of the roughly 900 proposed bills created and passed by the state legislature. One of these bills, Assembly Bill (AB) 881, was created with the intention of building more representative juries. Newsom vetoed AB 881 on...
December 9, 2023
Beginning January 1 2027, four chemical food additives linked to cancer and reproductive issues will be banned in California: brominated vegetable oil,...
December 9, 2023
On September 29, 2023, Senator Dianne Feinstein passed away at her home in Washington, D.C. After more than five decades of doing public service in San...
November 2, 2023
After five years of secrecy and speculation, an organization created by tech billionaires called California Forever has publicly launched a plan to build...
Daphne Gilman, Staff Writer
February 29, 2024 • Comments closed
On the morning of November 29, 2023, rather than heading to their B period classes, six Urban students and three faculty members gathered in the Page Street lobby with suitcases in hand. Usually filled with school supplies and lunchboxes, their backpacks were instead packed with toiletries, blank journals and changes of clothing. They were about to embark on a journey to St....
February 28, 2024
Gen Z is no stranger to the trending Clean Girl aesthetic sported and advertised through countless forms of online media such as Pinterest and TikTok....
February 28, 2024
Somewhere between animated and live-action lies an uncomfortable medium where a feeling of strangeness mixed with intrigue occurs. Horror films and...
February 28, 2024
According to the National Library of Medicine, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. The disease accounts for about 1.8 million...
Sofia Arango, Managing Editor, Online
February 29, 2024 • Comments closed
American Film Producer and Screenwriter Sofia Coppola has recently been spotlighted following the release of her movie “Priscilla.” She also gained attention from the 2023 TV and film award cycle, which includes the Golden Globes, Oscars and other prestigious awards. In honor of “Priscilla”’s...
February 29, 2024
As the lights rise, a somber ‘‘West of Words’’ starts on the piano as a dazzling Alice (Minna Lezak ‘24) takes to singing. This signals the start of Urban’s 2023-2024 Winter Production, “Alice By Heart.” The show is set to debut on February 20, and will run everyday until February 24. “Alice By...
February 29, 2024
Tell me, are you an addict? The answer to that question is likely no, in the context of conventional definitions of addiction among Urban students. But glance beyond the narrow labels of addiction containing smoke and powders, because as the screen-overuse epidemic grows, the answer for some may not be as clear-cut as you thought. Imagine...
February 28, 2024
A boxy beat plays from the oversized early 2000s speakers, bass radiating throughout the Roc-A-Fella record label’s studio walls into rapper Jay-Z’s ears. Taken aback, he removes his backwards cap and bobs his head to the beat, awed by the 24-year-old rapper who would later be known to the world as Ye. Jay-Z covers...
Sofia Arango, Managing Editor, Online
February 28, 2024 • Comments closed
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Well, maybe not for the November 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The race shut down the Strip, having drivers race past some of the most iconic landmarks in Vegas, such as the newly built Sphere and The Venetian. Despite criticism from Las Vegans leading up to the race,...
February 28, 2024
Urban’s Athletic Director and varsity boys basketball Coach Joe Skiffer leans back and laughs. “What do I do so well?” He shakes his head and repeats my question again. “What do I do so well?” Skiffer grins and leans in. “I’ll be honest...
Riley Young, Editor in Chief, Creative
December 9, 2023 • Comments closed
Walking out of class trying to decode whether your history rubric is a good grade or a bad one? Been there. Hands shaking as you nervously await your transcript because you’re not sure if your interim meant an A- or B+? Done that. It’s no secret...
December 9, 2023
Urban students fail to expand their learning outside of the classroom, despite Urban’s numerous opportunities to visit unique locations within the United States and abroad. School trips...
November 16, 2023
At this point, it seems likely that most, if not all Urban students, have prompted the essay crafting, code writing and problem-solving Large Language Model (LLM) known as ChatGPT. Through exploring...
November 16, 2023
Burning Man, a festival that claims on their website to center around radical sustainability, is burning our planet. In 2019, the entire country of The Gambia, with a population of over 2,300,000...
Luke McKane, Arts and Culture Editor
May 3, 2023
With the election of your new Urban School Co-Presidents, The Urban Legend is taking a look...
May 3, 2023
November 17, 2022
Have you ever wondered what your grade dean is listening to when their office door is closed and their blinds are drawn? Well, the grade deans’ fall playlist, featuring five to six tracks selected by each dean,...
October 23, 2022
As a small private school nested in the Haight-Ashbury area, Urban students have developed idiosyncratic mannerisms reflective of such an environment. One such manifestation is in the vernacular used in the community,...
December 9, 2023
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