Monday Morning Headlines: Dreary Weather Should End Soon

Santa Cruz-based Joby Aviation announced Friday that one of its autonomous aircraft completed a cross-country journey from Concord, California, to the Outer Banks of North Carolina without any assistance from its onboard safety pilot. The flight marks a milestone for the company's autonomous aviation efforts.

- This dreary, persistently gray weather has been thanks to a cutoff low pressure system that is slowly moving out of the Bay Area. A warm-up is, thankfully, supposed to come on Tuesday. Chronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hub-neighborhood-residents-drugs-22437400.php?ref=sfist.com - As Antolin Garcia-Torres heads back to trial in the Sierra LaMar murder case, after his previous conviction was overturned, Santa Clara County prosecutors and the defense were scheduled to make pre-trial motions Monday morning. Defense attorneys are trying to exclude any discussion of sexual motives in the case, while prosecutors say that a sexual motive is "an entirely proper inference" given the evidence. KRON4 https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/ahead-of-retrial-prosecutors-present-motives-in-sierra-lamar-case/?ref=sfist.com - Longtime San Francisco Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper announced that he is being treated for throat cancer, saying it is unrelated to the cancer he was treated for five years ago. KPIX https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/duane-kuiper-san-francisco-giants-announcer-throat-cancer-diagnosis/?ref=sfist.com - A male passenger went overboard on a Carnival cruise traveling from Puerto Vallarta to Long Beach on Saturday night. ABC 7 https://abc7news.com/story/passenger-goes-overboard-carnival-panorama-cruise-ship-puerto-vallarta-long-beach-california/19854718/?ref=sfist.com - The Chronicle is now highlighting how residents of "The Hub," the city-created zone that isn't quite a neighborhood around South Van Ness and Mission, are complaining about how Tenderloin and Civic Center area drug activity has been pushed to their doorsteps. Chronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hub-neighborhood-residents-drugs-22437400.php?ref=sfist.com - Santa Cruz-based Joby Aviation announced Friday that one of its autonomous aircraft successfully made a cross-country journey, from Concord to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, without any assistance from its onboard safety pilot. Engadget https://www.engadget.com/2263406/joby-aviation-completed-a-fully-autonomous-flight-from-california-to-north-carolina/?ref=sfist.com - Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber and brother of actress Kaia Gerber, has died at age 27 while at a rehab facility. ABC 7 https://abc7news.com/post/cindy-crawfords-son-presley-gerber-dies-27/19853806/?ref=sfist.com