Salinas sideshow crackdown leads to 9 vehicles seized, 3 arrests
Several vehicles were impounded and arrests were made in connection with a sideshow in Salinas, police said.
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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.
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Oakland police responded to several sideshows at various locations around the city early Sunday morning.
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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.
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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.
San Jose Police on Thursday said nine people have been indicted and seven arrested on charges related to organizing several sideshows that have happened in the city over the past four years.
San Jose Police say nine people have been indicted on charges related to organizing several sideshows that have happened in the city over the past four years. Kelsi Thorud reports.
More than a dozen vehicles linked to a series of sideshows on the Bay Bridge last month have been seized by the California Highway Patrol, officers announced Friday.
The California Highway Patrol announced Wednesday that more than 2,000 stolen vehicles have been recovered in Oakland in the eight months since additional officers were deployed to the East Bay to crack down on crime.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday praised the recent efforts by the California Highway Patrol to crack down on illegal sideshow activity in the Oakland over the weekend.
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Several vehicles were impounded and arrests were made in connection with a sideshow in Salinas, police said.
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