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Pizza Chain Raises Money for Injured Giants Fan; AMC Theaters to Offer ‘Smarter’ Concessions

• South Bay pizza chain Pizza My Heart is launching a fund-raising effort for the Giants fan who was severely beaten at the season opener at Dodger Stadium, and who will likely suffer brain damage. [ABC7]

• If you haven’t been keeping up, the triple-murder trial of Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey and his underling Antoine Mackey is going on in Oakland, and the defense is now trying undermine the credibility of the prosecution’s key witness, the trigger-man in two of the 2007 murders. [Chron]

• The almost-final tally for Saturday’s Bakesale for Japan, with 42 locations reporting, is $123,000. The Oakland Pizzaiolo location took in $12,000 alone. [SFoodie, Earlier]

• Ismael Macias, who started as the dishwasher at One Market twelve years ago, has been named chef at Lark Creek Steak. [Scoop]

• The AMC movie-theater chain has declared it will offer “smarter” concession choices, though it doesn’t say exactly what those will be. How about kale chips? [NYDN]

• The Times’ Eric Asimov, who considers vino a “grocery item,” is dismayed to find that most wine drinking in this country occurs sans any food. [NYT, Earlier]

• Bids for prime hot-dog-selling spots in New York’s Central Park can reach up to $150,000, and the vendors are only allowed to offer dogs for $2. Go ahead and do the math. [DNA Info]

Pizza Chain Raises Money for Injured Giants Fan; AMC Theaters to Offer