Sideshows

Oakland's mayor said she was “outraged” after video surfaced of a man being assaulted over the weekend at an illegal sideshow.

A man frustrated by a sideshow in Oakland lunged at a car spinning donuts around him and was then attacked by the crowd in an incident that was captured on video.

Five San Francisco supervisors are seeking out a policy change so police can use aerial drones during sideshow activities.   

A sideshow on the Bay Bridge brought traffic from Oakland to San Francisco to a standstill on Sunday. 

In what has seemingly become a weekend tradition, sideshows hit three major cities in the Bay Area this past weekend.

A family of 6 got caught in the middle of sideshow over the weekend as they drove home from a birthday party in Sacramento. Video shows the chaos that ensued as the mom tried to drive the family van through the large crowd.

One person is facing charges in connection with a sideshow on the Bay Bridge. 

Law enforcement officers in Alameda County are taking action to prevent sideshows and reckless driving.

Elyzza Guajaca, 24, was standing in the area when she was struck and killed by a car doing donuts in the middle of the intersection, police said.

Sideshows in Santa Rosa resulted in citations, dozens of traffic stops, arrests, a towed vehicle, a recovered stolen vehicle, and a police chase, officials said. 

San Francisco police say they're monitoring chatter and preparing crews for the possibility of sideshows. It was just one week ago that a series of illegal car stunt shows took over the streets of San Francisco and the Bay Bridge. 

Several large illegal sideshows took place over the weekend in San Francisco, on the Bay Bridge, and in Brentwood.

Police were busy this weekend breaking up more dangerous sideshows on the Bay Bridge and in Brentwood.

Police said that shots were fired at sideshows in Vallejo and Richmond over the weekend. A spectator was also arrested with their vehicle towed

San Jose police officers employed a new tactic over the weekend to disrupt sideshow activity, resulting in over 700 citations being issued to stunt drivers and spectators.

Illegal sideshows erupted throughout the Bay Area over the weekend in cities from Vallejo to Hayward.