The Southern California wildfires started on Jan. 7, and as of a week later, more than 12,300 structures had been destroyed, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

He left his Los Angeles-area home to cover the wildfires, but the flames were barreling toward his front door.

The menu is much as it was (and much as it is at Gjelina’s L.A. and Las Vegas branches), with an emphasis on designer vegetables and wood-fired pizzas. You have to give yourself over to the California ...