The Urban Legend

Students with jobs

Reese Bassuk, Staff Writer • February 3, 2022

With the homework load piling up and the 2nd trimester of the 2021-22 school year in full swing, it can be challenging for students to find the time to participate in activities outside of school. Maintaining...

Sexual assault discussions at Urban: Are they survivor-centric?

Viva Wertz, Staff Writer & Designer • November 18, 2021

“Each year 434,000 Americans ages 12 and older are sexually assaulted,” according to a Planned Parenthood survey. At Urban, 10th graders participate in a six-week health class, and 11th graders take...

Free Muni program plagued by problems

Cooper Makhijani, Staff Writer, Opinions Editor • October 16, 2021

Story update: Since this article's writing, SFMTA has fixed some of the problems mentioned in this article, mainly fare area access. Youth may now use the larger wheelchair accessible fare gates closest...

Opinion: San Francisco’s District Attorney recall is a fear campaign

Simon Hereford, Features editor • October 7, 2021

Although District Attorney Chesa Boudin has been in office for under two years, he has already become one of the most controversial political figures in San Francisco's history. Critics of the district...

A year in review: 2020-2021

Maya Campbell, Editor in Chief, Online • June 7, 2021

First Day of School August 31, 2020 The absence of the Senior Raid into the Salkind Center gym on August 31, 2020, marked an untraditional start to the 2020-2021 school year, yet other ASM traditions...

San Francisco’s Slow Street Program on ‘Path to Permanence’

Sydney Riemer, Editor-in-Chief, Online • June 3, 2021

Page Street, used by Urban students as a gathering space after classes and an avenue for crossing between the Page and Oak Street buildings, has become a part of one of San Francisco’s newest initiatives:...