SF high schools alter schedules and curriculums due to COVID-19
Mira Chandriani, Editor in Chief, Creative
October 19, 2020
Instead of returning to the classroom for a new school year this fall, students across the Bay Area have found themselves learning from their homes. This new reality of Virtual School brings an added twist of altered schedules and curriculums, forcing schools throughout San Francisco to modify and redesign...
PG&E cuts power in parts of the Bay Area
Mira Chandriani, Staff Writer
December 1, 2019
Recent dry and windy conditions in the Bay Area have led to PG&E cutting power to millions of people. Since mid-October, there have been multiple fires in the Bay Area, ranging from smaller fires that were quickly contained to the relatively large Kincade fire. “It was a little scary because [a]...
Students weigh in on Urban Athletic Credit system
Sydney Riemer, Staff Writer
March 28, 2019
With 26 competitive teams and a wide range of physical activities that occur during class periods and after school, sports are an integral part of the Urban experience. According to Urban’s website, more than 65 percent of students participate in a team sport, while others participate in other ath...
Urban adopts new active shooter protocol
Wes Peters, Staff Writer
February 26, 2019
In 2015, after a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport in 2013 where one Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer died, the TSA released a video detailing the most effective ways to survive a shooting in a business or school. In the video, the TSA coined the catchphrase: Run, hide, fig...
Flik combines financial security with sustainable, small batch cooking
Lily Daniel and Tikloh Bruno-Basaing
February 3, 2019
In the past four years, the Urban community has been served by three different food providers: Urban’s own cafeteria service, an outsourced company called Fare Resources and currently, Flik Independent School Dining. While Urban has finally arrived at Flik, the difficulty of maintaining a successful bus...
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