Achieving press but not progress: Governor Newsom’s moratorium on the death penalty
Zella Lezak, Staff Writer
May 30, 2019
On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, announced a moratorium on the death penalty, temporarily pardoning 737 inmates on death row. While this suspension remains unprecedented, not everyone knows how much of an effect it will have on the criminal justice system. However, despit...
Agreement reached after Oakland teacher strike, but is it enough?
Sydney Riemer, Staff Writer
May 7, 2019
On Feb. 22, 2018, West Virginia teachers began a strike that would last 14 days and inspire a nationwide wave of teacher strikes in Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma, North Carolina and California that would continue into 2019. Oakland teachers walked out of school on Feb. 20, 2019 and began a seven-day stri...
Congressional communications director discusses room for bipartisanship in the House of Representatives
Eli Gordon, Managing Editor
February 27, 2019
After eight years in the minority, Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2018, flipping 39 seats. They now control 235 out of the 435 total voting seats. Calling the victory “a new day in America,” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi declared that a Democratic-cont...
LegendCast: The end of daylight saving time in California
January 10, 2019
Do you know why we have daylight saving time? Do you know what it is? Do you know that California might be getting rid of it? If you answered no to any of those questions (or even if you answered yes), check out the Urban Legend’s first-ever episode of its first-ever podcast: LegendCast. The p...
Lack of diversity in the Bay Area cannabis business
Tallula Ricciardi, Arts & Culture Editor
December 19, 2018
Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in January of 2018, the Bay Area community and economy have faced drastic changes in the cannabis industry. As more legal dispensaries open in San Francisco and around the Bay, issues emerge surrounding racial and economic diversity in the industry. A...
Urban’s new phone policies spark debate about student anxiety
Tallula Ricciardi, Arts and Culture Editor
October 26, 2018
Entering the 2018 school year, Urban students were surprised to find a new rule put in place surrounding their phones. After being introduced last year by Health Education teachers Jenn Epstein and Shafia Zaloom in their classes, students returned this fall to see shoe holders hanging on the walls of...
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