2023年5月30日 · Some Oaklanders defend sideshows as a form of youthful culture, perhaps needing a more constructive and legal outlet. Others see them as a dangerous nuisance, particularly because some feature gunfire, vandalism, and violence—and because some intersections and neighborhoods see sideshows over and over again.

Sideshows first appeared in Oakland, California in the 1980s as informal social gatherings of Bay Area youth. [3] In the present day, sideshows, in addition to being inherently illegal, often involve crime and or shootings. Sideshows first emerged on …

6 天之前 · Sideshows started in Oakland, but they weren't always reckless Sideshows, now a target of police crackdowns and neighborhood critics, were not always scenes of gunfire and dangerous car stunts.

2018年5月17日 · Yakpasua Zazaboi documented sideshows across East Oakland for his documentary series “Sydewayz.” According to Zazaboi, sideshows were part craft fair, part …

2020年9月1日 · Originated in Oakland in the early 1980s and first immortalized in the 1991 hip-hop track “Side Show by rap group 415, the events are considered either dangerous and disruptive or cathartic and...

2024年4月15日 · OAKLAND -- Violence and chaos swept across Oakland on Sunday as participants of multiple sideshows fired gunshots into the air and set cars on fire. Residents said a sweeping response from...

2015年8月18日 · All of this makes up the sensory signature of events known as sideshows. Sideshows have a bad reputation as illegal, dangerous and occasionally violent street car shows, where gunshots may ring out and people could die. But for those who grew up in the early days, sideshows were not so much dangerous as they were innovative.

6 天之前 · OAKLAND — One man was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting Sunday night at an Eastlake district sideshow when gunfire erupted after a spectator was hit by a participating ...

2021年7月9日 · The City of Oakland recognizes the widespread and pervasive nature of sideshow behavior across the City; however, the City must prioritize the limited resources for sideshow prevention and deterrence for the most impacted locations and relative to other critical safety needs facing Oaklanders.

Sideshows are the collective name for various informal, often automobile-based activities. Cars including scrapers, perform stunts like “doing donuts” (skidding in tight, controlled circles), bouncing up and down (inherited from lowrider culture), or ghostriding.