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Using a mannequin to simulate dangerous scenarios, a team at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center learns standard treatments for obstetric emergencies like hemorrhage.

To Keep Women From Dying In Childbirth, Look To California

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, but California is leading the charge to reverse that trend. Since 2006, the state has cut its rate by more than half.

Cayti Kane was diagnosed with placenta accreta, a dangerous complication. But Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center was prepared and two weeks later, Kane delivered a healthy boy via c-section.

To Keep Women From Dying In Childbirth, Look To California

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, but California is leading the charge to reverse that trend. Since 2006, the state has cut its rate by more than half.

Viv Albertine was a guitarist and lyricist for the punk band The Slits. She is also the author of two memoirs.

Punk Legend And Memoirist Viv Albertine On A Lifetime Of Fighting The Patriarchy

"What we conjured up ... was that we weren't going to try and be this constructed ideal of femininity," Albertine says of her band's approach. She recently released a memoir, To Throw Away Unopened.

After much searching, we found the perfect spot right outside their window. Or did it find us? Levon and Rick's yard. Woodstock, NY, '68

50 Years On, The Band's 'Music From Big Pink' Haunts Us Still

Nobody witnessing the turmoil of 1968 was waiting around for a salve like "The Weight" — or could have predicted how fundamental those songs would become.

POV: Singing With Angry Bird

Airs Monday, June 25, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Lakisha May, Candy Buckley, Terence Archie and Summer Spiro in La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere of "The Squirrels" by Robert Askins, and directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley.

'The Squirrels' Invade La Jolla Playhouse

New play by Robert Askins takes us into the world of 'lying rodents'

Dawn Charlton, an instructor with Being Adept, leads a discussion on marijuana for sixth-graders at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, California.

With The Rise Of Legal Weed, Drug Education Moves From 'Don't' to 'Delay'

Today's drug prevention messaging is a far cry from the "Just Say No" days. Schools want to give kids the facts to make informed decisions about whether and when to try drugs or alcohol.

At a news conference on Thursday in Kiev, Arkady Babchenko answered critics of his staged death. Authorities had announced that he had been fatally shot at his home on Tuesday.

'I Chose To Stay Alive,' Says Russian Journalist Who Faked His Death

Arkady Babchenko, fearing for his life, cooperated with Ukrainian authorities to stage his death and capture his would-be killer. Now come the ethical questions.

U.S. and South Korean soldiers sit inside an amphibious vehicle during an annual joint military landing exercise in Pohang, on South Korea's southeast coast, in March 2016.

Would The U.S. Withdraw Troops From South Korea?

President Trump has said U.S. forces are not on the table for potential negotiations with North Korea, but he has also complained about the cost of keeping them there.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle greet well-wishers in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in March.

A Royal Wedding With Global Appeal

Interest in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle transcends borders in a way that past royal weddings have not, writes Autumn Brewington, who anchored The Washington Post's royal wedding blog in 2011.

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