City Visions: Pre-Election Special 2014
Bay Area voters head to the polls tomorrow to consider measures addressing water shortages, housing costs, sugary beverage consumption, clogged streets,...
View ArticleCity Visions: Contingent Faculty Challenge Higher Education Labor Norms
Contingent, adjunct or part-time professors make up the majority of faculty nationwide, yet many labor under difficult if not harsh conditions --...
View ArticleCity Visions: Understanding and Addressing Voter Apathy
Last election’s voter turnout hit a record low in California, and national turnout was the lowest it’s been since 1942. What’s keeping people away from...
View ArticleCity Visions: Will Fresh Food Vouchers Improve Public Health?
Host Joseph Pace examines food insecurity in San Francisco and EatSF, a new fresh fruit and vegetable voucher program for "food insecure" residents of...
View ArticleCity Visions: Minerva Seeks to Reinvent the University
This fall, San Francisco’s newest university, Minerva, enrolled its founding class of students -- but the Nob Hill school has no libraries, sports...
View ArticleCity Visions: How are Droughts, Floods and Climate Change Connected?
To what extent is climate change causing or worsening California's drought, and how is the drought similar to other extreme weather events like...
View ArticleCity Visions: What Does it Mean to Be a Resilient City?
No strangers to natural disasters, San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland have long been pioneering ways to rebound from earthquakes, floods, droughts and...
View ArticleCity Visions: What Will it Take to Fix BART?
As BART's ridership grows, passenger satisfaction continues to slip. That's according to BART's new survey of 5,600 riders, who in record numbers...
View ArticleCity Visions: Can We Effectively Treat Deadly Food Allergies?
February 9, 2015: Did you know that every two minutes, a severe reaction to a food allergy sends someone in the US to the ER? City Visions host David...
View ArticleCity Visions: Should Parents be Required to Vaccinate their Kids?
California law currently allows parents to claim a "personal beliefs exemption" from vaccination requirements for school admission. Should this law be...
View ArticleCity Visions: The Secret Language of Food
April 20, 2015: Do you know why the Pisco Sour cocktail originated in San Francisco? Or why the name "tomato ketchup" is not redundant? On the next City...
View ArticleCity Visions: The Search for Solutions to California's Drought
How can California better cope with the current drought? City Visions host David Onek and guests explore how our state's water is divvied up among...
View ArticleCity Visions: How Does Your Childhood Impact Your Health?
May 11, 2015: Which more accurately predicts future health, your zip code or your genetic code? Learn how your childhood home, family, school and...
View ArticleCity Visions: San Francisco at the Vanguard of Transgender Health
On May 18, 2015 host Joseph Pace speaks to a panel of guests on the unique health challenges faced by transgender people. How are San Francisco medical...
View ArticleCity Visions: Fighting for Fifteen in the Bay Area
Host David Onek and guests discuss the Bay Area's Fight for Fifteen labor movement. Is a $15/hour minimum wage on the horizon for fast food and other...
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