Students at Crescenta Valley High School are recovering this afternoon after several teens witnessed a student fall to his death during lunch from atop one of the campus' main buildings. more ›

An autopsy has confirmed that Don Cornelius, creator of "Soul Train," died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head February 1. The 75-year-old producer committed suicide around 4am at his home in the 12600 block of Mulholland Drive, located in the hills east of Sherman Oaks. more ›

A woman in her 20s apparently committed suicide by jumping from a radio transmission tower in the unincorporated Rancho Dominguez area near Compton. Her body was found at the base of the structure Monday afternoon. more ›

Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Mike Kelley was found dead in his South Pasadena home Tuesday. He was 57. His death remains under investigation, but Blouin ArtInfo says Kelley died of an "apparent suicide." more ›

A freshly fired Los Angeles Times pressman shared some shocking details about the publication's termination policies, recent employee suicides and impending layoff of writers with The Frying Pan editor Steven Mikulan. more ›

An 18-year-old male committed suicide by jumping off a 200-foot Palos Verdes Estates cliff today after a disagreement with his mother. The West Hills teenager and his mother were reportedly arguing on the 1700 block of Paseo Del Mar. When the teen threatened to jump, his mother called the police. more ›

A prominent local criminal defense attorney took her own life inside a car outside a park in Brentwood. The lawyer Gigi Gordon, 54, had been struggling with multiple sclerosis for over a decade. more ›

The man who leapt to his death from a 5 Freeway overpass on Saturday morning in San Clemente has been identified. Officials have released the name and age of the victim as 20-year-old Jeffrey Hurlbut. more ›

A woman told a 9-1-1 dispatcher that a man threatened to commit suicide shortly before he ran away and jumped to his death on the 5 freeway in San Clemente. The upset and screaming woman reported the disturbing incident at 2:39 a.m. on Saturday. more ›

A man's body was found last night on a divider on the 5 Freeway in Sylmar near the 14 Freeway, and officials believe his death may have been the result of a suicide. City News Service reports that he was hit by a big rig at about 10:45 p.m., and was pronounced dead at the scene. more ›

Loren Herzog, one half of the duo dubbed the "Speed Freak Killers," was found hanged to death at his trailer on state property late Monday night, and state and local officials are investigating the parolee's death as a possible suicide. more ›

After getting a call from a suicidal man on the 110's 5th Street overpass, police officers arrived at the scene and were able to pull the would-be jumper to safety. The man, whose name hasn't been released, was straddling the railing over the freeway at about 12:30 this morning. more ›

Joe Bodolai, a former writer for NBC's "Saturday Night Live," was found dead in a hotel room in Hollywood. TMZ reports that "cops recovered a bottle of antifreeze and Gatorade in the hotel room ... and it's likely his death was due to consumption of the toxic chemical." more ›

A young woman was found hanging from a tree near the playground of Santiago Park in Santa Ana last night. more ›

A deputy district attorney in San Diego commit suicide in front of a cop at a traffic stop last night. Escondido police had received a report that prosecutor Christine Trevino, 51, was acting suicidal. more ›

A police standoff in Old Town Monrovia ended this afternoon when a man shot and killed himself. The man had pulled a gun on a woman that he was arguing with in a busy commercial area of Monrovia, according to Monrovia Patch. Police responded and told him to drop the gun. Instead, the man pushed the woman out of the way and turned the gun on himself. more ›

A 20-year-old man leapt 100 feet to his death from Rindge Dam on Malibu Creek on Tuesday. Officials are treating the incident as a suicide. Sheriff's deputies delivered the body to coroner's investigators on Wednesday morning. more ›

The naked body of a woman authorities first was that of a teenager was discovered washed ashore at Camp Pendleton back on January 4, 2011, and now investigators are hoping the public can help determine how she came to be there. The woman was 58-year-old Anneka Vasta, also known as Anneka Di Lorenzo and Marjorie Thoresen, an actress and Penthouse "Pet of the Year" model from the 1970s. more ›

In North Hollywood, a man appears to have orchestrated his own death by calling in a disturbance to the cops, then aiming a gun at them, reports the Daily Breeze. The incident happened on Sunday at about 5:00 a.m. Julio Umberto Sandoval, 47, called the police to tell them that he had heard shots being fired into the air. Somewhere around that same time, he allegedly told a neighbor, "Goodbye, I'm waiting for the police to kill me. I love you." more ›

A woman who was charged with murdering her daughter and then attempting to take her own life has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison, reports the Daily Breeze. On July 9, 2010, Bong Sook Chavez, now 51, was lying in bed with her 10-year-old daughter Quesi in their home at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. more ›

Russell Armstrong of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" fame didn't have any drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death, reports L.A. Now. The results of his autopsy were released today by a coroner's office, and his death has officially been ruled a suicide. more ›

Since the suicide of Russell Armstrong on August 15, Bravo has been answering questions about how it will proceed with the second season of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," set to air tonight. The network announced on August 19 that they would re-edit the show, but didn't clarify whether footage of Russell, the estranged husband of cast member Taylor Armstrong, will stay in or not. more ›

After the recent suicide of Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of Taylor Armstrong of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," Bravo has decided to air a special addressing his death, reports the LA Times Showtracker blog. The special will feature the other housewives, but not Taylor, and was filmed today. No word on whether it will be released before the show's scheduled September 5 premiere or after. more ›

A 50-year-old man committed suicide while in the custody of a Costa Mesa police officer on Monday. While patrolling Fairview Park yesterday afternoon, the officer spotted the man seated in the driver's seat of a 1990 Honda sedan. The driver's record indicated an outstanding traffic warrant, and the officer detained him outside of the vehicle, reports OC Register. more ›

The coroner's office has confirmed that Hideki Irabu's death last month was a suicide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said Irabu hanged himself, confirming earlier reports from TMZ. more ›

Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong was found dead Monday evening at his home on Mulholland Drive, reports NPR. A spokesman from the Los Angeles County coroner says the cause of death was hanging and no suicide note was found. Armstrong was pronounced dead at 8:16 p.m. more ›

A San Diego police officer who was being charged with a DUI hit-and-run has apparently taken his own life, reports NBC San Diego. Police discovered Christopher Hall slumped against a wall behind his house after receiving a call from his wife at around 10 a.m. this morning. He had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. more ›

A man "distraught over personal issues" was seriously injured just before 9:00 a.m. on Sunday when he jumped from the third-story fire escape of the Jonah Project building on skid row, said authorities, according to LA Now. more ›

Hideki Irabu, the former New York Yankees pitcher found dead of an apparent suicide on Wednesday in Rancho Palos Verdes, was remembered Friday night by his famous teammates and honored with a moment of silence at Yankee Stadium before a game against Baltimore, notes the Associated Press. more ›