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A car culture inflames a culture war

'Sideshows' in Calif. tied to drugs, deaths

A car accelerated in East Oakland, Calif., with passengers aboard. Over the past year, eight people were killed in violence related to 'sideshows.'
By Bobby Caina Calvan
Globe Correspondent / June 10, 2005

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- It begins with a car or two, stereos blaring as the vehicles race to the beat of hip-hop through this city's rough-and-tumble eastside streets. More cars join, and soon, the string of cars stretches blocks long, racing through intersection after intersection like a bullet train gone wild. (Full article: 917 words)

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