Map: Google Officials with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office released the identification of a man who is believed to have killed himself Tuesday night. Victor Beres, 61, of Saugus, was identified as the man found dead on the 20700 block of Plum Canyon Road on Saugus, according to Coroner’s...

Map: Google A dead body found last night across the street from several businesses in Saugus is being investigated as an apparent suicide, according to Sheriff’s Department officials. The body was reported to the Sheriff’s Station shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night, near some offices across...

The College of the Canyons Health & Wellness Center will host a Suicide Prevention Awareness Event designed to provide students and community members with access to important mental health resources, while bringing attention to the staggering amount of college students who commit suicide each year. The...

Veteran and service member suicide is a problem no single approach will solve, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a Georgetown University audience Wednesday. The secretary, who is expected to retire this month, delivered a speech on leadership and government this morning and then took audience questions. One...

Homicide investigators with the Sheriff’s Department are looking into the death of a 38-year-old Valencia woman who lived in the Arbor Park condominium complex. The woman died of an apparent opiate overdose of prescription pills, according to sheriff’s officials who responded to the residence Tuesday...

Stress, negative body image and domestic violence are just some of the many issues that can plague the body and the mind. In October, College of the Canyons will host the “Body-Mind-Wellness For a Better Life” community resource fair as the kick off event of a two-month long seminar series focused...

Update 1:45 p.m.: A man who identified himself only as “Mike” who lives in Palmdale was helping his friends in the Canyon Crest complex when he noticed the man sitting on top of the pole and realized something was wrong. “I didn’t think he worked for Edison,” he said. “So I called 9-1-1.” He...

Sheriff’s homicide investigators are on the scene of a shooting that claimed the life of a woman Sunday evening. Although the investigation is still in its early stages, officials believe it was a suicide. The incident occurred inside a residence in the Skycrest apartments on McBean Parkway in Valencia. Sgt....