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Rampant Sideshows in Vallejo Early Sunday Morning, One Participants’ Pants Catch on Fire

A swarm of sideshows in Vallejo brought multiple injuries early Sunday morning, including one participant who managed to get his pants caught on fire, and Vallejo’s mayor released an odd statement asking “Why don’t these brats do this where their momma lives.”

Amazon Semi Truck Seems to Join In on NorCal Sideshow

This seems like a first — an Amazon semi truck appears to have joined in on a recent sideshow in Sacramento, as several revelers jumped on the truck for the ride.

Dirt Bike Mayhem Swarmed Both Sides of the Bay Sunday; Oakland Store Robbed, Traffic Held Up In SF

The motorbike gangs were particularly brazen on both sides of the Bay Sunday afternoon, halting traffic on the Bay Bridge, allegedly robbing a store in Oakland, and creating bedlam in the Castro, Mission District, and North Beach.

East Oakland Residents Create Their Own Renegade Barriers to Stop Sideshows, City Promptly Removes Them

Tired of sideshows and reckless driving, residents of Oakland’s San Antonio neighborhood put tires filled with rocks and dirt in their streets as a deterrent. The City of Oakland quickly removed them.

Pac Heights Getting Speed Bumps to Deter Sideshows, Because Yes, There Are Sideshows in Pac Heights

A rash of recent sideshows in the tony neighborhood of Pacific Heights has led the city to install speed bumps to prevent the motor mayhem at Divisadero and California streets.

Antioch Passes a Ban on Encouraging or Even Watching Sideshows

The East Bay city of Antioch is struggling with too few cops and too many sideshows, but its city council just unanimously passed a ban on advertising, promoting, encouraging, or even watching a sideshow.

Antioch Mayor Says Police Got Drone Footage of This Weekend’s Sideshows, Vows Arrests and Impoundings

A rash of East Bay sideshows this weekend involved one in Oakland with a hit-and-run, but the mayor of Antioch claims he sicced drones on one of the sideshows, and he’ll bring the daredevil drivers to justice.

Vallejo Sideshow Ends With Man Shot, Pickup Truck Torched, 7-Eleven Looted

Sunday night saw a particularly lawless sideshow, even for Vallejo, as a man was shot, a pickup truck was set on fire, and a 7-Eleven was ransacked of its beer and lottery scratchers.

Five Separate Sideshows Break Out In Three Bay Area Cities Overnight

Sideshows took place in San Francisco, Oakland, and Vallejo on Saturday night, and people at the one in Vallejo even set a Christmas tree ablaze.

Feds Finally Manage to Arrest Sideshow Driver From Infamous Viral AK-47 Image

A July 2021 sideshow produced a notorious image of a woman hanging out of the window of a Cadillac brandishing an AK-47. And now, after a two-year investigation, federal prosecutors have finally found and arrested the alleged driver.

Trio of Sideshows Rollicked East Bay Sunday Morning, One Car Ruthlessly Tagged and Set on Fire

The East Bay saw three sideshows in a two-and-half-hour span between 1 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning, and at one in Oakland's Redwood Heights, one of the cars was left consumed by flames.

Antioch Sideshow Injures Three, Plows Over Fire Hydrant, Leaves Car In River

A very wet ending to a very wild sideshow early Sunday morning in Antioch, where a fire hydrant was knocked over and left gushing, a car flew into the San Joaquin River, and one bystander suffered major injuries.

Alameda County Supervisors Vote to Make It Illegal to Even Watch A Sideshow

It is now illegal to so much as even watch a sideshow in Alameda County, and you could get a $1,000 fine or six months in jail for being within 200 feet. But what if you just happened to be there, and weren’t watching the sideshow?

California Cops Worried That New ‘Fast & Furious’ Sequel Will Cause More Sideshows

The City of Oakland just passed stricter new sideshow crackdown legislation, but some law enforcement authorities wonder if the new movie Fast X isn’t going to just set off more sideshows all over the state this weekend.

Cars Set On Fire And Rammed Into As Multiple Sideshows Rollicked Oakland Friday

At least three large sideshows brought mayhem to Oakland streets Friday night and Saturday morning, and in one of them two cars set on fire and rammed into for sport by other cars.

Oakland Sideshow In Which Frustrated Man Was Beaten and Hydrant Was Sheared Off Sparks 'Outrage' From Mayor

Video emerged over the weekend of an Oakland man attempting to scold and yell at participants in a chaotic sideshow, only to get beaten bloody by the crowd — and at that same sideshow a car careened into the crowd and sheered off a fire hydrant, sending a fountain of water into the air.

100 Motorcyclists Took Over the Bay Bridge for Sideshow Saturday Afternoon

Traffic on all lanes of the bridge's upper deck came to a standstill around 5 p.m. for a few minutes, as drivers got out of their cars to take videos of the bikers' stunts.

Sideshows Barraged All Corners of the Bay Area This Weekend, In SF, Oakland, and San Jose

After a wave of sideshows again hit San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose this weekend, police are touting that they did make a few arrests, handed out more than 30 citations, and impounded nearly a dozen cars.

Santa Rosa Police Arrest At Least Seven Suspects for July Sideshow, Still Looking To Arrest More

Sideshows in Sonoma County? Indeed there was a big one there in early July, and Santa Rosa police just issued 14 arrest warrants, plus their searches have turned up nearly a dozen firearms and thousands of ammunition rounds.

Friday Night Sideshow Has Embarcadero Residents Grumbling Over Lack of Arrests

The fallout is still coming down from Friday night's sideshows on the Embarcadero and on the Bay Bridge, as residents complain to local TV stations about a lack of any arrests or citations in these affairs.

SFMTA Installs Anti-Sideshow Speed Bumps on Three SF Corners

Hoping to hit the brakes on the recent increase in San Francisco sideshows, SFMTA has installed speed bumps at certain, specific corners in the Mission, Oceanview, and the Excelsior.

Three Separate Sideshows Rollicked Downtown, Mission, and Excelsior This Weekend

There were no reported injuries — but no reported arrests either — as three separate sideshows laid the skids on SF streets this weekend.

Late-Night Weekend Sideshows Roil Quiet Neighborhoods of West Portal, Outer Sunset

Two ‘hoods that do not see many sideshows were both hit with them this past weekend, as both West Portal and the Outer Sunset hosted uninvited sideshows late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

As Sideshows Spike Across NorCal, Santa Rosa Considers Sanctioning and Legalizing Them

A Santa Rosa city councilperson aspires to “make lemonade out of lemons” by permitting sideshows at the county fairgrounds, complete with vending booths and safety barricades.

Video: Huge San Jose Sideshow Results in 205 Citations, a Mere One Arrest

San Jose continues to draw more and larger sideshows than even SF or Oakland, and a five-minute video has emerged from this weekend’s dangerous, donut-skidmark affair.