Los Angeles — A dangerous heat wave descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with triple-digit temperatures expected along with a higher risk of wildfires.

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

Firefighters with air support scrambled to control a wind-driven wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los Angeles County, officials said.

Playboy CEO Ben Kohn called California "anti-business" and "extremely expensive" as the company relocates its headquarters from L.A. to Miami Beach.

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.

Shenghua Wen, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government

An attorney from the governor’s office noted that the Trump administration lost the last time it sued California over this issue.

The deadly triple-shooting happened at around 4:45 p.m. on Sunday near Lake Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County deputies.