Wellness Ranch Leads Suicide Prevention Efforts After Two Los Osos High Students Die by Suicide in Rancho Cucamonga
The Rancho Cucamonga community was shaken once again when 17-year-old Shirin Connor Furutan died by suicide early Thursday morning, jumping from the Haven Avenue overpass onto the 210 Freeway, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Furutan was pronounced dead at the scene at around 1:30 a.m. His death occurred near the same overpass where 17-year-old Emily Gold, also a student at Los Osos High School, was found dead by suicide on September 13. The tragic loss of two high school students in the span of just weeks has reignited concerns about a mental health crisis, with many fearing a repeat of the suicide cluster that gripped the area a few years ago. As the community mourns, Angelica Manzo, Executive Director of Wellness Ranch Equine Assisted Therapy, is expanding efforts to provide mental health support and suicide prevention resources. Wellness Ranch, which opened in March 2024, specializes in equine-assisted therapy and is hosting free community events in November aimed at fostering open conversations about mental health. “There’s a domino effect of suicides, when one tragedy occurs a second one often follows in that same
