The Urban Legend

Go Slo Yo: San Franciscans embrace Slow Streets

Cedar Makhijani, Editor in Chief, Online • February 6, 2023

On December 6, the board of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which manages Muni and the City’s streets, voted to make the Slow Streets program permanent. The Slow Streets program...

What grade deans really think about you

Reese Bassuk, Staff Writer • April 26, 2022

CHARISSE - 12th grade Give five phrases/words to describe your grade. Ambitious, capable, curious, good-hearted, honest. What color would your grade be? Purple, because it's a royal color. What...

Gu goes for gold: SF native represents China

Dawson Hoe, Staff Writer, Designer • March 3, 2022

Eileen Gu, an 18-year-old competitive skier, recently won silver in women’s Freeski Slopestyle and gold in women’s Freeski Big Air and women’s Halfpipe in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Gu was...

Reflecting on Month of Understanding

Maya Campbell, Editor in Chief, Online • March 3, 2022

An array of forums, panels and interactive events prompted the Urban community to question both their immediate community and the world around them. From January 11 to February 3, a total of 13 events...

Behind the swab: COVID-19 testing equity within SF schools

Ella Chen, Staff Writer • March 3, 2022

Upon entering campus, Urban students have grown accustomed to seeing a line of dozens waiting impatiently to be tested for COVID-19. As the Omicron variant has spread rapidly throughout San Francisco,...

The Middle East takes center stage with Golden Thread Productions

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • February 9, 2022

“Nobody else was telling our stories and on the rare occasion that they were telling our stories, they weren't doing a good job of it.” In 1996, Torange Yeghiazarian founded Golden Thread Productions...