• Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has acquired X in an all-stock deal, officially “intertwining” the two companies. “Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent,” said Musk. [TechCrunch]
• The measles vaccination rate of Santa Cruz kindergarteners is at 91%, which is well below the recommended threshold of 95%. Most of the Bay Area has an average of 97.8–99%, except for Alameda, which is at 96.4%. [Mercury News]
• The Sex Pistols are playing the Warfield on October 15 as part of the band's first US tour since 2003. Tickets go on sale April 4 to see the band perform Never Mind the Bollocks in its entirety, plus other material. [KQED]
• Activists and victims' families held a rally outside the sheriff’s office in Martinez on Friday afternoon over the early release of former Danville police officer Andrew Hall who was sentenced in 2022 to six years in state prison for shooting and killing 33-year-old Laudemer Arboleda after a slow-speed police pursuit in 2018. The charges reportedly weren’t filed until 2021 after Hall gained widespread attention for shooting and killing 32-year-old Tyrell Wilson, for which charges were never brought against Hall. [KRON4]
• The Chronicle’s Peter Hartlaub tried out BART’s increasingly popular and arduous speedrun challenge, which takes eight hours, covers all 50 BART stations, and must be done in the shortest time possible. [Chronicle]

National:

• Believe it or not, a Fyre Fest 2 is reportedly scheduled for this summer, and people are paying upwards of $1,400 per ticket. In true fashion, the festival was suspiciously moved from its original location on Mexico's Isla Mujeres to Playa Del Carmen after Isla Mujeres officials reportedly said they were unaware of the festival taking place. [ABC News]
• The Trump administration announced plans to cut all remaining USAID staff in positions that aren't required by law. Historically, the USAID has played a crucial role in coordinating disaster relief efforts, such as the 7.7 earthquake that hit Thailand and Myanmar on Thursday. [Reuters]
• A Georgia woman who had a miscarriage was arrested when she was found unconscious and bleeding outside her apartment, and the remains of the fetus were retrieved by a "witness" from the complex’s trash dumpster. Both Jezebel and the Georgia Sun are awaiting comment from local authorities on what the official protocol is for disposing of materials produced by an innate bodily function. [Jezebel]

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• Photography enthusiasts, if you’ve ever wanted to capture that rare moment when the sunrise lines up with California street, your chance is almost here, so plan accordingly: April 8-10. [@sfbucketlist]

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Why such a small study is making headlines in print and on television, we have no idea. The lives of pregnant women are already so limited, what with no drinking allowed, no drugging allowed, no hot-tubbing allowed, etc, etc. Despite the fact that 80% of miscarriages are caused by chromosomal abnormalities and have absolutely nothing to do with behavioral or lifestyle choices, a recent, small-scale Kaiser study says that women in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy who drink 200 mg or more of caffeine are twice as likely to have a miscarriage than those who consume less or none at all. The Oakland-based study included a paltry 1,063 women, with 16% (or 170 women, according to our math) suffering miscarriages.

There are, of course, some reasonable arguments for lowering caffeine intake during pregnancy. It is commonsensical to to suggest moderation in all areas of life during pregnancy. But is there really a need to freak out pregnant women any more than they're already freaked out? If scientists are calling the study important but statistically insignificant, aren't they jumping the gun just a little bit with all the warnings?

On the upside, Safeway now may see a decline in Taster's Choice Coffee theft.

Read more about the study here or here.