• A Halloween party at the history Sweet’s Ballroom in downtown Oakland Saturday night ended with a gunman open-firing on the crowd, injuring nine people. [Chron]
• Emeryville-based Jamba Juice has entered into a licensing deal with One Natural Experience for a new line of coconut water juice blends to be sold in stores. [SF Business Times]
• NYT food writer Mark Bittman was just on KQED’s Forum. [KQED]
• Boozin’: A new study says alcohol is “more harmful” to society than crack or heroin. [BBC]
• With that, a peek into Cask Artisan Liquor on Third Street. [Cooking with the Single Guy]
• Marathon news: Bobby Flay is hoping to complete the New York City Marathon in under four hours. Jared from the Subway ads says his goal is “just to finish it.” [NYDN]
• Kim Jong-il’s former chef says that North Korea’s “chubby” new leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il’s son, will “have no choice but to continue policies set by his father.” [WSJ/Japan Real Time]
• Employees at an Ohio McDonald’s franchise were given a flyer endorsing three Republican candidates along with their paychecks. Needless to say, the franchise’s owner is in hot water now. [USAT]
• It’s an age-old story: man tries to break into the restaurant where he used to work, man gets stuck in a vent, owner comes in the next morning to find the man dangling from the ceiling. [WP]
