Bay Area companies and organizations are using the web and social media to redefine what it means to be a tourist and help people create authentic travel experiences that build cultural understanding.
City Visions host Lauren Meltzer, along with guests from Couchsurfing.org, Global Exchange, gogobot and Airbnb had a lively conversation about the impact of the web on how, why and where we travel.
Despite the growth of prescription painkiller abuse, only 86 of 30,000 doctors and pharmacists in the Bay Area are enrolled in California’s state prescription drug monitoring system. The system is optional, and drug prescribers say it is outdated, slow, and clunky. Prescription drug overdoses kill more than 11 people every day in California...
