Stories, music and tears marked the service for Ralph "Sonny" Barger, a founding member of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels. Thousands of people gathered at Stockton 99 Speedway, Stockton ...

Thousands of people gathered at the Stockton 99 Speedway on Saturday for the funeral of Ralph "Sonny" Barger, longtime president and founding member of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels ...

Two years after the book was published, Barger was present at the Hells Angels’ most infamous moment. Bikers who were hired as security staff for the 1969 Rolling Stones concert stabbed someone ...

Thousands turned out on two wheels for the six-hour funeral service for Ralph “Sonny” Barger, 83. The Modesto native is credited with creating the first Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels in ...

Born in Modesto on Oct. 8, 1938, Ralph Hubert “Sonny” Barger, was also an author and an actor, but it was as founder of the Oakland Hells Angels in the late 1950s, his subsequent rise to its ...

Sonny Barger's funeral, which has drawn security concerns will be held at Stockton's 99 Speedway from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday featuring Hells Angels representatives. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Ralph “Sonny” Barger was a founding member of the notorious Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels in 1957. Barger, who grew up in Oakland, died earlier this year at his home in Livermore.

FILE – Hells Angels founder Ralph “Sonny” Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980.

FILE - Hells Angels founder Ralph "Sonny" Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980.

FILE - Hells Angels founder Ralph "Sonny" Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980.

FILE - Hells Angels founder Ralph "Sonny" Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980.