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Food Trucks Feel Heat in Santa Monica; Bill Cosby Will Work at Pink’s Hot Dogs

• Santa Monica’s Bayside District Corporation is proposing that food trucks should have to pay to do business, while Gary Gordon of Main Street Business Improvement Association would like them gone completely. [CaliforniaTacoTrucks]

• Reed’s Inc. has bought Sonoma Sparkler, with plans to produce “private label” beverages for supermarkets and retailers. [PressDemocrat]

• Starting Saturday, Pink’s Hot Dogs will celebrate 70 years by having celebrities like Bill Cosby and Jason Alexander work the stand through the week. [Black Book]

• Bacon desserts are increasingly available in L.A.[ABC]

Houston Press critic Robb Walsh is dropping his anonymity because “I was hired as a newspaper restaurant critic and feature writer. Today I am, first and foremost, a blogger. It’s a little ludicrous to try and maintain your anonymity while you are photographing your plate.” [Houston Press via Eat Me Daily]

• Kellogg’s is drawing heat for its claims that its Krispies line of cereals helps promote the immune system. [CBS]

• Several canned and packaged food products were found to contain measurable levels of potentially harmful BPA. [ABC]

• Manischewitz has revived its old “Man-O-Manischewitz!” slogan, this time to sell kosher foods instead of wine. [NYT]

• Lots of people bring leftover Halloween candy into their offices. [City Room/NYT]

Food Trucks Feel Heat in Santa Monica; Bill Cosby Will Work at Pink’s Hot Dogs