This Is How Not To Parallel Park On A Hill

Parallel parking is tricky, and especially on hills. Once you've figured out how to stuff your car into a space sideways, you have to (or should) find someplace to lodge your tires to keep the car from rolling down the hill when you've left it behind.

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Gymkhana 5 Viewed 5.1 Million Times In 24 hours

The video of Ken Block tearing up San Francisco in an insane Ford Fiesta — better known as Gymkhana 5 — was a creative success for a brand that's constantly having to one-up its own crazy adventures. We can now report it was a viral marketing success as well, with approximately 5.1 million views in just 24 hours.

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Ken Block's San Francisco Adventure: Epic Gymkhana 5 Photo Gallery

Something lost in everyone's rush to post the video of Gymkhana FIVE is the awesome set of photos that shows Ken Block drifting and jumping his way across the streets and bridges of the City by the Bay.

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Gymkhana 5 Will Shred San Francisco On July 9th

Ken Block's having a busy day. The sideways man in the flat-billed cap just announced he'll debut the latest video in his Gymkhana series on July 9th. This time Block leaves the Hollywood backlot for the streets of San Francisco. Will there be a mean black Dodge Charger?

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Blinded By The Eclipse, This Motorist Hit Two Pedestrians

Your mother told you never to look directly at the sun, especially during an eclipse. A 26-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman, who didn't heed mom's advice, says eyeballing the recent solar eclipse caused her to mow down two pedestrians.

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Guy Fieri's Lamborghini Was Stolen By A Trigger Happy Teenage…

Guy Fieri, the Food Network's raspy-voiced propagator of unhealthy recipes, was the unfortunate victim of grand theft a little over a year ago. His 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo was stolen from a San Francisco car dealership, leaving the bleach/spike haired chef without the car that completes his caricaturish public…

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Why California Spent $205,000 To Move A $15 Shrubbery (UPDATE)

California is broke. The national debt continues to spiral out of control. So, it's perhaps a little bit of a surprise that the California Department of Transportation, along with some help from the federal government, spent $205,000 in 2010 to move a shrub that's available at nurseries for about $15. Even the Knights…

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