The "Tri City Voice" is a free community newspaper that covers the South Eastbay. It's available at…read morevarious locations, but I usually grab a copy or read it at Peking Garden in San Lorenzo. With offices in Fremont, it has a huge coverage area from San Leandro to Milpitas. It seems to lack frontpage news stories, but has everything else. Content such as city events, obits, police and fire reports, horoscope, school sports, and classified ads. The paper seems to fit the gaps that those other "cookie cutter" newspapers don't cover. The Tri City Voice gets residents interested in their community, and generates involvement. A valuable asset to the Eastbay.

I found this community paper a couple of months ago and have been…read morepicking it up every week since then. It highlights local people and events. It has a kid's section and even a Sudoku puzzle. A variety of articles on health, cooking and gardening. This paper even has color photos. Very appreciative of the newspaper staff and the quality product they put out on a weekly basis.

Historically significant bookstore that touches upon the beatniks, musicians and bohemians…read more I love this long-lived bookstore. It opened originally across the street in 1955 by conscientious objector Roy Kepler. He had ties to and thought along the same lines as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the founder of City Lights Books in San Francisco. Ken Kesey, Jerry Garcia and loads of other literary and musical bohemians have mentioned the impact this bookstore had on their lives. Support your local bookstore and come here.

Kepler's is a cozy book store in Menlo Park. I was able to find underground parking for free on a…read moreSaturday afternoon. The staff were really friendly and accommodating when I came to see some author friends speaking on their Speculative Saturday sci-fi/fantasy panel and book signing. Lots of restaurant options in the area. After the event, some of us headed out to dinner together.

Unprofessional Manager(very rude on the phone),if you want to carry magazines in your store,there's…read moreanother company that gives good price than what they offer.

I usually find myself here every time I'm in the Southwest Terminal…read more Yes, everything thing is airport priced (over priced), but better for me to get my water here than on the plane. And I'll take their over priced nuts over the airlines nuts for longer flights any time. You gotta do what you gotta do!!!

I need to make a list of my reviews that include a story of me buying overpriced pencils at airport…read morenewsstands so that I can do crossword puzzles. Yes, I once again had forgotten to bring a pencil with me, but surprisingly, the overpriced mechanical pencil that just says OAKLAND, CA was only $1.99. Not bad at an airport. But I made a tactical mistake. I normally just buy a Chronicle, read a couple of articles, and spend the next hour-and-a-half doing the crossword puzzle. This time, since I had a while till my flight left, I figured I would plan for the future by buying one of those cheap books with a bunch of crossword puzzles in them. This was also reasonably priced ($4.99, I think), but I was disappointed because the puzzles were so easy! So instead of using my brain, I ended up zoning out as I speed-completed seven puzzles in about an hour. The coolest thing about this place was the cashier. When I gave her the pencil, she couldn't read the price code on it. So she grabbed one of the pairs of reading glasses from the display next to the cash register, put them on to read the code, entered it, and put the glasses back. I teased her for this, and she took it in stride. Overall, it's reasonably priced for what it is, and that woman sure is friendly.

Web site says they have a bag sale on the 2 Sunday of the month. when I arrived i asked about it,…read morethe gentleman said yes inside. When I went inside I asked for a bag and asked if all the books were included in the bag sale she said yes everything. So I began filling my multiple bags. Instead of letting know after the first bag or 2 this was not the bag sale room they didn't . They didn't say anything until I went to pay. I explained that the gentleman said it was and the lady with the bags should have stated that's before I filed a bunch of bags. She ended us called someone and they told her the bag sale room was across the way. However there is no signage or anything to lead you there. This place is terrible. What joke. Plus it's obvious.that the people volunteering don't want to be there and try turning on the air conditioning everyone in there was sweating to death.

Friendly, amazing communication on the day of pickup. It was like a good friend was coming to help…read moreme out and remove big heavy item's. Definitely will use them again.

The News Exchange is so secret that not even Oakland International Airport's website lists it as…read moreone of its amenities, but believe me, it's there: right before Terminal 2's Gate 26, along the right-hand wall opposite the moving walkway as you approach from security. The shop I usually waste money at was under construction, so I gave the News Exchange a try. Thankfully, they've somehow shed their Coca-Cola-products-only policy, and $3.28 later (including tax), I had myself 20 ounces of Nutrasweetened carcinogen water--I mean diet soda. It's really nothing more than wall shelves and coolers with impulse items on/in them, so it feels weird "shopping" here. And the employees always look bored, but I would be bored too if I had to sit on a chair in the open and watch thousands of people walk by, some of whom are taking photos of my place of work to include in Yelp FtRs.