A dangerous, multiday heat wave descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with near-record temperatures expected along with a higher risk of wildfires. Officials opened cooling centers this week in Los Angeles,

Attorney Luis Carrillo said during a Wednesday news conference that his clients were wrongfully detained and beaten by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal authorities during raids that occurred in June and July.

Democratic members of Congress on Monday left a Los Angeles processing center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement fuming, accusing the federal government of clearing out almost all of the detainees and sanitizing the center ahead of their arrival.

Bed Bath & Beyond announced that its comeback will not include locations in the largest state in the nation. Marcus Lemonis, Bed Bath & Beyond Executive Chairman said in a statement issued Aug. 20 that the company will not open a brick-and-mortar location in California.

A man who fled as an immigration raid unfolded at a Home Depot in Southern California was killed when he ran onto a freeway as federal agents moved in, local officials said.

Mayor Bass said the timing of a raid no coincidence after federal agents arrested immigrants outside Gov. Newsom's congressional redistricting event in Little Tokyo.

The body of a missing 33-year-old mother of three has been found in the Los Angeles National Forest, days after her husband was allegedly caught on surveillance footage dragging a large bag from an apartment complex in Southern California.

Temperatures are expected to rise Wednesday and peak on Thursday and Friday throughout the state. Officials are preemptively deploying firefighters.