An investigation is underway after a man died in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 16 just east of Rancho Murieta Tuesday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol said.

Law enforcement will hold a DUI checkpoint starting Friday evening in Sacramento County. California Highway Patrol officers with the east Sacramento office, based in Rancho Cordova, will be stationed at an undisclosed location within the unincorporated area of Sacramento County on Friday, May 17, according to a news release.

The California Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Sacramento County on the night of Friday, May 17. The CHP has not said the precise location of the checkpoint but

Two people died and another adult and three children were injured in a Sacramento County crash where alcohol is believed to have been a factor, officials said. The California Highway Patrol said it got a report of a head-on crash around 12:17 a.

A man pulled out a burning home Thursday by firefighters in the Foothill Farms section of Sacramento County died from his injuries, the third victim who died after suffering injuries from a residential blaze in two days.

A three-month-old child and a five-year-old were taken to a Bay Area hospital with unknown injuries, according to police.

Two people died early Saturday in a suspected drunk driving crash in which two vehicles collided head-on along Highway 160 in Sacramento County. The head-on crash was reported about 12:15 a.m. on Highway 160 at Sherman Island Road,