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The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

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U.S. withdraws from Paris Agreement on climate

Tessa Morenstein, Staff Writer March 14, 2025

In the first 100 hours of his second term, President Donald Trump repeated history when he withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement — just as he did during his first term in 2017. The Paris...

Illustration credit: Anna Chandriani.

Tool for learning or for destruction?

Anna Chandriani, Staff Writer March 14, 2025

With more than 56% of Americans using artificial intelligence (AI) more than a few times a week, Urban has debated how AI should be used in students’ education.  Camelia Perez, director of educational...

Illustration credit: Rachel Lin.

When Blues catch a bug

Rachel Lin, Sports and Opinions Editor March 14, 2025

In Urban’s crowded classrooms, students share almost everything — pens, pencils,  snacks and drinks — creating the perfect environment for viruses to spread. COVID-19, mononucleosis and norovirus...

Illustration credit: Mari Flores.

Daylighting illuminates San Francisco’s intersections

Mari Flores, Managing Editor, Print March 14, 2025

California Assembly Bill 413, which took effect on Jan. 1, prohibits cars from parking within 20 feet of any marked or unmarked crosswalk. This prohibition, known as California’s daylighting law, is...

Students posing after their service learning in Golden Gate Park on Oct. 4, 2024. Photo credit: Christa Irwin.

Golden Gate Park shapes school community

Elliott Maggiotto, Staff Writer March 14, 2025

Urban’s proximity to Golden Gate Park offers students a unique proximity to 1,017 acres of nature throughout the day. Students in the Salkind Center can look out classroom windows to see the trees of...

Photo credit: Simon Bordoli.

DeepSeek transforms global AI economy

Simon Bordoli, Staff Writer March 14, 2025

On Monday, Jan. 27, the release of DeepSeek R1, an open-source large language model (LLM) from China, caused around $1 trillion of stock market value in artificial intelligence (AI) companies to disappear...

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