• A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Eugene had to turn around and make an emergency landing Saturday. Passengers on United Flight 5525 heard a loud "bang" twenty minutes into the flight when flight attendants quickly informed everyone the Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 had to return to SFO; a large piece of sheet metal was noted as being "bent and in bad shape" by curious passengers as they exited the plane. [KPIX]
• An arrest was made in relation to Friday's fatal shooting in San Jose. 18-year-old Carlos Gomez is thought to be suspected in the death of a 25-year-old man found lying in the street near San Jose's Florence County, later dying from blood loss. [KTVU]
• At yesterday’s gun buy-back in the city, at least 348 guns were turned over. When people walked up with their guns, members of United Playaz, the nonprofit who hosted the event in tandem with the SFPD, would say "hero walking" to cement their gratitude. [KRON 4]
• Trouble makers managed to melt an entire Brentwood ice rink last night. Vandals (or a sole criminal) apparently tinkered with valve work and decommissioned the chiller, thus leaving the massive skating rink to melt – but the owner believes he knows the party (or the person) that did the petty crime. [KPIX]
• As the December holidays inch closer, The City of San Francisco and Bay Area nonprofits are keen on spreading seasonal cheer. [SF Examiner]
• A 63-year-old was struck in his wheelchair by a car in Concord, killing them. [KRON 4]
• The head captain of a cargo ship was charged earlier this week, cited with a $100,000 fine, for operating the vessel while drunk en route to South Korea from an SF harbor. [Mercury News]
• These are the best new Bay Area eateries to check out before the year's end. [Chronicle]

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