Sideshows

Things got a little chaotic when IShowSpeed stopped by West Oakland's Hyphy Burger, and then a sideshow broke out.

The 16-year-old boy who died on Saturday when he fell 75 feet down a highway overpass in Crockett watching a sideshow has been identified.

A 16-year-old boy died after falling from a freeway overpass during a sideshow in Crockett, and some of the aftermath was captured on drone video.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Alameda County ordinance criminalizing sideshow spectators is likely unconstitutional.

Oakland Police Department released a statement about how they are taking sideshows seriously and have new numbers on how many vehicles, allegedly connected to the illegal shows, have been seized.

People who live in one Oakland neighborhood said a large sideshow that went sideways is causing them to worry about it happening again.

Two large East Bay sideshows drew hundreds of people early Sunday morning in Oakland and Richmond, where people set at least one car on fire and prompted a police union to complain about staffing levels.

The Oakland Department of Transportation said it has received good feedback after making road changes to prevent illegal sideshows.

A large sideshow wreaked havoc – even sparking a brush fire – as it moved through the East Bay early Saturday. About 200 cars – and a barrage of fireworks – were on the move from Rodeo to Vallejo. 

Three destructive scenes unfolded across major intersections in busy neighborhoods -- leading to explosions, car fires, and at least one person with critical injuries.

A San Jose man is accused of promoting multiple sideshows throughout the city while on probation, police said Friday. 

Vallejo police announced that they shut down a sideshow and arrested one person over the weekend.

A person was arrested and has been charged with child endangerment after they allegedly brought an infant to a sideshow in San Leandro, authorities shared Friday.

Several cars were seen spinning out at a daytime sideshow in Oakland Saturday afternoon. 

A juvenile has been arrested on suspicion of the shooting death of Salinas man Adrian Puga at a sideshow last fall, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office said.     

Multiple sideshows occurred in San Jose on Saturday night, resulting in over a dozen impounded cars and an arrest. During the chaos, one car in a sideshows was fully engulfed by a fire, police said.

Three people were shot during an Oakland sideshow over the weekend, and one of them ended up dying, police said.

Sideshows, now the target of police crackdowns and neighborhood criticism, were not always scenes of gun violence and dangerous car stunts.