Thursday Morning What's Up: Santa Rosa FD Declares End to Fire Season

The Santa Rosa Fire Department declared an end to fire season locally on Wednesday and offered a report on the more than 50 vegetation fires it responded to. Of the 50 fires, 39 were deemed suspicious, and 13 arrests were made for suspected arson. [KRON4]
If you're headed to the airport or down the Peninsula this weekend, you should be reminded that the "Hospital Curve" section of 101 will be closed for construction again, and there will be detours around it. [Chronicle]
Police in El Cerrito are investigating the city's high school football team for alleged hazing. [KRON4]
Star witness Mario Juarez is taking the stand again today in the Sheng Thao corruption trial in Oakland, which is resuming after not being in session since last Friday. [NBC Bay Area]
A large pod of pilot whales, which are typically seen in more tropical waters, was spotted off the Orange County coast this week, a first in more than a decade. [Bay Area News Group]
Despite the fact that a Democratic majority in the Senate will make it tougher for President Trump to push a new Supreme Court nominee through, Justice Samuel Alito has reportedly told friends that he does not plan to retire before the end of the current term. [New York Times]
Katherine Clark, a liberal Democrat from Massachusetts, is set to become House Majority Leader, but few outside the chamber know who she is. [New York Times]

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