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On Sept. 29, a Premier League-appointed independent commission found English football club Manchester City guilty of violating all but one of the Premier League’s 115 financial rules. The commission determined Manchester City had inflated its revenue and understated its expenses by approximately £900 million between 2009 and 2018. The violations made profit
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On Oct. 12, four students and two teachers from Urban attended the 47th annual Indigenous People’s Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, organized by the International Indian Treaty Council. From 5-8 a.m., thousands of people gathered to commemorate Indigenous People’s Day and the 1969-1971 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island. Native American g
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California has declared a state of emergency due to the arrival of an El Niño this fall and winter. With a high chance of this storm becoming the strongest El Niño cycle in 140 years, San Francisco is preparing for unusually high tides and a high risk of flooding by repairing the sewer system, handing...
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On July 20, a 12-person jury heard the case of Lindsay Clancy: a woman who allegedly suffocated her three children on Jan. 24, 2023. The trial was declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 because the jury was unable to reach a verdict. The court then reconvened on Sept. 29 to hear the defense’s motion for...
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Urban students began the 2026-2027 school year with a new schedule for four-day weeks. Where each class used to meet for two double periods during the week, classes now occur three times a week. Classes take place for a total of four hours during four-day weeks compared to four and a half hours during five-day...
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Proposition G, a proposal to reopen the Upper Great Highway to private vehicle traffic on weekdays, will be on the Nov. 3 ballot for all San Francisco voters. The proposition is in response to a petition from city residents. Since 2024, the Upper Great Highway has been closed to all private vehicle traffic at all...
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In the past five months, more than 12,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with cyclosporiasis, making it the largest recorded U.S. cyclospora outbreak. According to the California Department of Public Health, California had 409 cases of cyclospora from May to September, with 350 of those patients reporting recent international or out-of-state
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Passing through the U.S. Highway 101 in the San Francisco Bay Area, drivers see more than 170 billboards advertising artificial intelligence companies. These billboards include slogans about agents, inference and evaluations — terms familiar to people working in tech that can be difficult for San Franciscans outside the industry to decipher. In the past year
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Music revolutions have taken place in the Bay Area for decades. Psychedelic music in the ’60s originated in Golden Gate Park and the Haight. New Wave and punk arose in the ’70s at local music venues like Mahubay Gardens. The ’90s and 2000s brought electronic music, popularized in the Bay through festivals like Noise Pop....
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Dolly Parton passed away from cancer on Aug. 25, at the age of 80. The country singer, songwriter, philanthropist and cultural icon shaped American media, from the songs she sang to the movies she starred in. Parton’s philanthropy and activism advanced children’s literacy, the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, and women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s rights....
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