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Another Taco-Truck Shooting in Oakland; You Can’t Buy Beer on Super Bowl Sunday in Indiana

• Another taco truck was involved in a shooting in Oakland’s Fruitvale district last night. A man attempted to rob the Tacos el Mazatlan taco truck, and both he and the vendor (who also had a gun) shot each other and were hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds. A previous incident on December 30 left a five-year-old boy dead. [Chron]

• Blue Bottle’s growth style is slow and steady, and it’s working out for them; look for a Blue Bottled drink to hit grocery stores sometime soon. [WSJ]

• Robert Steinberg and John Scharffenberger of Scharffenberger Chocolate, who sold the company to Hershey a few years back, make this list of the top 25 food entrepreneurs in the country. [Gourmet Live]

• Super Bowl Sunday poses an interesting issue for Indiana, which bans liquor sales on Sundays — not to mention all the other towns and counties with some kind of Sunday “blue law.” Better stock up! [AP via HuffPo]

• Some researchers are calling for sugar to be regulated just like alcohol and tobacco, claiming it causes just as many premature deaths. [LAT]

• For once, good news from the beef industry: The beef we eat today is more environmentally friendly than the stuff of 30 years ago. [Salt/NPR]

Another Taco-Truck Shooting in Oakland; You Can’t Buy Beer on Super Bowl