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A bill supported by San Francisco lawmakers that toughens penalties for drivers participating in sideshows across California has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Authorities in the East Bay have charged two men for allegedly organizing a sideshow in Oakland that broke out as internet sensation IShowSpeed was visiting the area.
Police in Oakland said nearly two dozen people have been charged so far in connection with Sunday's takeover of the Bay Bridge by dozens of riders on ATVs and dirt bikes.
Police in Oakland released additional details and vowed more arrests would be made, after dozens of riders on ATVs and dirt bikes took over the Bay Bridge on Sunday.
Police said the investigation and arrests stem from a sideshow that happened on Sept. 25, 2025.
Several vehicles were impounded and arrests were made in connection with a sideshow in Salinas, police said.
Around 1:45 a.m., Hayward police were called to Clawiter and Depot roads for a report of a sideshow involving around 60 vehicles. While on the way, police said they were told that one driver had crashed into a semitruck.
The California Highway Patrol announced that more than a dozen vehicles have been seized in connection with a sideshow that took place on the Bay Bridge over the Christmas holiday.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has teamed up with a state lawmaker in seeking a new law that would toughen penalties on sideshows across California.
Two suspects were arrested following a sideshow in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood over the weekend, and officers recovered an illegal assault rifle and ammunition, authorities said.
A predawn sideshow in San Francisco's typically quiet Sunset District spiraled into chaos Saturday morning, leaving a rented U-Haul truck burned, a nearby vehicle damaged and neighbors angry over what they described as a delayed police response.
Authorities in the East Bay said they seized more than two dozen vehicles and made multiple arrests following a sideshow in Antioch involving hundreds of spectators over the weekend.
Authorities said a spectator who fell to his death while watching a sideshow near Interstate 80 in the Bay Area over the weekend was a teenager from Southern California.
A sideshow in Crockett early Saturday morning ended in tragedy when a spectator apparently fell to their death from a freeway overpass.
The Police Department said more than 80% of the 128 vehicles that have been towed in connection with sideshow activity in 2025 are not from Oakland.
Four rubberized speed bumps now mark a Sunset District intersection, designed to interfere with stunt driving.
Oakland police responded to several sideshows at various locations around the city early Sunday morning.
Residents of Oakland's Highland Terrace neighborhood say their safety is at risk again after the city removed their makeshift speedbumps last week.
Police arrested a 19-year-old man Sunday night in Oakland after he allegedly led officers on a dangerous high-speed chase through three counties that reached speeds of 140 mph.
One person has died and two people were hospitalized with injuries following a shooting that took place during a sideshow in East Oakland over the weekend.
Richmond police were involved in a pursuit Sunday evening that ended with two suspects arrested after officers broke up a sideshow at a historic World War II landmark, according to authorities.
While cities in California continue to pass ordinances to combat illegal sideshows, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several laws now in effect statewide to give municipalities more legal tools to address them.
Despite ending 2024 with lower homicides, Oakland marked the start of 2025 with a wave of deadly violence, which included multiple deadly shootings. Kara St. Cyr reports.
Oakland police had a very busy Sunday morning, responding to multiple sideshows, shootings, and a mob of people ransacking a gas station.
Police in Richmond busted a large sideshow with over 200 participants early Saturday morning, taking nine people into custody and seizing four vehicles that were involved, according to authorities.
