Casa de Oro

A 74-year-old man suffered serious injuries Wednesday morning when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while walking across an onramp near Mount Helix, authorities said.

A man accused in the slaying of his husband, a Chula Vista city employee, pleaded not guilty in San Diego County court on Friday.

The husband of a Chula Vista city employee found dead inside a home in Casa de Oro last week was arrested Friday in connection to the case. Sheriff’s homicide detectives identified Daniel Scott Jordan, 44, as the suspect in the murder of his husband, Kevin Powell. Jordan was arrested in Reno on Aug. 20 and booked into the Washoe County…

A Chula Vista city employee who missed his morning meeting at work — drawing concern from his supervisor — was the man found dead inside a home in Casa de Oro. Investigators said he was killed. A report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office identified the man as Kevin Powell, 38. Powell was found dead inside his home…

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the discovery of a dead body in the Casa de Oro community in unincorporated La Mesa. Deputy homicide investigators were called to 4400 Carmen Dr., west of Avocado Boulevard, at around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday by Chula Vista police officers who found a man’s body while conducting a welfare check at the...