Despite the outraged protests of neighborhood residents, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans to install 5,000 new parking meters in the Dogpatch, Mission Bay and Mission neighborhoods. Read More

An accident at a construction site in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood this morning sent four workers to the hospital, three with serious injuries, a fire battalion chief said. The accident was reported at about 8 a.m. at a six-story building under construction at 19th and Illinois streets. San Francisco fire Battalion Chief Charles Crane said workers were pouring concrete when three men working on the sixth floor fell three stories into the drying concrete. Read More

Piccino, a hip little cafe and pizzeria that opened in the Dogpatch five years ago, has a new home in a bright yellow renovated Victorian it shares with MAC, a designer clothing boutique, and Dig Wine Store. As part of an enclave of smart shops in a neighborhood that still harbors the Hells Angels headquarters, dive bars and tire shops, Piccino basks in the balmy weather and the edgy diversity of this nine-square-block area of The City. Read More

Five Good Samaritans suffered lacerations following a wild brawl during a fundraising event at a Dogpatch-area nightclub Sunday, according to police and city officials. Read More