3 days ago · The Brief. Sideshows originated in Oakland, and although they now have a bad reputation, they didn't start that way. Eastmont Mall and Foothill Square were two hubs where young Oaklanders gathered ...

May 30, 2023 · Sideshows overwhelmingly take place on major roads in Oakland’s flatlands, but the top hotspot may surprise you Despite the addition of bollards and hard centerlines in the roadway in 2021, the intersection of Keller Avenue and Skyline Boulevard remains a …

May 17, 2018 · Yakpasua Zazaboi documented sideshows across East Oakland for his documentary series “Sydewayz.” According to Zazaboi, sideshows were part craft fair, part improv performance, and always a place to catch the cultural zeitgeist.

Sep 1, 2020 · 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...

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.

Aug 18, 2015 · 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.

Jun 2, 2023 · (KRON) — The first Bay Area sideshows took place in the parking lot of a McDonald’s, across the street from Oakland’s Eastmont Mall. They involved young men, some drug dealers, flush with cash...

Jul 9, 2021 · Sideshows and related dangerous driving behaviors including “donuts” are a significant safety and quality of life concern for Oakland residents – as well as the region, are impacting our streets, and are a vexing challenge for local governments.

Jul 4, 2018 · The original sideshows were pop-up parties -- part car show, part block party. They first bubbled up in mall parking lots of Deep East Oakland in the 1980s. Over time the sideshows began to change and the Oakland Police Department began to take notice.

Jul 29, 2024 · Dangerous sideshows appear to have grown in number over the last few years. An Oaklandside investigation published last year found that between January 2019, and November 2022 there were nearly 2,300 reports of sideshows at over 700 locations in Oakland.