California

Online Application for food stamps California Department for Social Services – Link: http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/foodstamps/

Food Banks & Food Assistance Agencies - Los Angeles
Los Angeles Food Bank – Link: http://www.lafoodbank.org/
Lost Angeles Food Pantry Locations – Link: http://www.sfvic.org/FoodPantry_Sites.html
Evangelistic Church of God of Christ Food Pantry – Link: http://www.ecogic.org/pantry.html
Santa Monica Food Bank – Link: http://www.westsidefoodbankca.org/
Orange County Food Bank – Link: http://www.feedoc.org/index.html
Food on Foot – Link: http://www.foodonfoot.org/
Los Angeles County: Food Bank of Southern California 1444 San Francisco Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813 Director: John Knapp. Phone: (562) 435-3577, Fax: (562) 437-6168
Los Angeles Farmers Market – Links: http://www.experiencela.com/MA_AllFarmersMarkets_0.asp#top1

Food Banks & Food Assistance Agencies - San Diego
San Diego Food Bank – Link: http://www.sandiegofoodbank.org/
San Diego Farmers Market – Link: http://sandiego.about.com/cs/shopping/a/farmers_markets_2.htm
San Diego Partners for Hunger relief – Link: http://www.sdrescue.org/howcanihelp/partnersforhunger.asp
San Diego North County Food Bank – Link: http://www.northcountyfoodbank.org/
Food 4 Less Grocery Store (Find Stores in San Diego) – Link: http://clients.mapquest.com/food4less/mqlocator?link=fin

San Francisco / Bay Area

Alameda County Social Services Agency
The Alameda County Social Services Agency is comprised of 2,400 men and women working collectively and in partnership with community-based organizations to serve the needs of the community.
http://www.alamedasocialservices.org

Food

Online Application for food stamps California Department for Social Services – Link: http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/foodstamps/

* San Francisco Food Bank – http://sffoodbank.org/
* Marin County Food Bank – http://www.marinfoodbank.org/
* Redwood Empire Food Bank – http://www.refb.org/
* Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano – http://www.foodbankccs.org/
* Alameda County Food Bank – Link: http://www.accfb.org/
* Second Harvest Food Bank of San Clara and San Mateo – http://www.2ndharvest.net/
* Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties - http://www.thefoodbank.org/

Transportation

Bay Area Public Transporation
Bay Area Transportation Resources –http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/local_gov/transit.html
BART – Link: http://www.bart.gov/index.asp

San Francisco Public Transportation
City of San Francisco Transportation – http://www.sfgov.org/site/citizen_index.asp?id=14497
City of San Francisco Transportation (Buses) - http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/mms/home/home50.htm
San Francisco International Airport (Public Transportation) - http://www.flysfo.com/guide_nonflash/gettingaround/airtrain.htm

Oakland Public Transportation
Oakland AC Transportation – Link: http://www.actransit.org/
Oakland International Airport (Public Transportation) - http://www.flyoakland.com/public_transportation.shtml

Clothing

Clothing
Thrift Stores - San Francisco
San Francisco Goodwill Stores – http://dev.sfgoodwill.org/channel2.htm?page=stores&mode=locations (offsite)
Third Hand Store - 990 Fulton St Ste 306 San Francisco, CA 94117-1724. Phone: (415) 567-7332St Anthony Foundation 101 8TH St. San Francisco, CA 94103-2715. Phone: (415) 241-8300
Hospice by the Bay Thrift Shop - 1173 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94109-5604. Phone: (415) 673-3030
Community Thrift Store - 623 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110-1149. Phone: (415) 861-4910
The Bargain Mart Thrift Shop - 1823 Divisadero St. San Francisco, CA 94115-2516. Phone: (415) 921-7380
Mission Thrift - 2330 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110-1814. Phone: (415) 821-9560

Thrift Stores - Oakland
Collectable Designs - 3258 Grand Ave. Oakland, CA 94610-2739. Phone: (510) 444-2953
St Vincent DE Paul - 2272 San Pablo Ave. Oakland, CA 94612-1321. Phone: (510) 834-4647
Dress Best For Less - 3861 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, CA 94611-5378. Phone: (510) 658-8525
Held Over - 1543 Haight St. San Francisco, CA 94117-2912. Phone :( 415) 864-0818

Entertainment

The Bay Area Entertainment
Best of the Bay – http://www.bestofthebay.com/2005/

San Francisco Entertainment
City Search San Francisco – http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/
San Francisco.com – http://www.sanfrancisco.com/
San Francisco Craigslist – http://www.craigslist.org/

Oakland Entertainment
City of Oakland Arts, Culture & Entertainment – http://www.ci.oakland.ca.us/visiting.html#arts
Oakland.com – http://www.oakland.com/

Thrift Stores - Los Angeles
Out of the Closet Thrift Store - 1726 E Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91106-2115. Phone: (626) 440-1719
Ravishing Resale - 8127 W 3RD St. Los Angeles, CA 90048-4308. Phone: (323) 655-8480
Rockhula - 7560 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046-7443. Phone: (323) 653-1951
Slow Clothing - 7474 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046-7524. Phone: (323) 655-3725
Thrift Gallery & More - 1035 S Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90019-4402. Phone: (323) 931-8060
Claudia Thrift Shop - 2517 S Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034. Phone: (310)839-1158
UCLA - 11271 Massachusetts Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90025-3109. Phone:(310) 478-1793
I K Clothing - 6731 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028-4604. Phone: (323) 465-5772

Thrift Stores - San Diego
San Diego Thrift Stores – Link: http://www.bargainlink.com/thrift-stores.htm
San Diego UPC Thrift Store – Link: http://ucpsd.org/new/news.htm
Father Joe’s Village – Link: http://www.fatherjoesvillages.org/contact.html
San Diego Salvation Army – Link: http://store.yahoo.com/thriftstoreonline/info.html
San Diego Goodwill Stores – Link: http://www.sdgoodwill.org/retail_locations.shtml
Kobey’s Swap Meet – Link: http://www.kobeyswap.com/kobhist.htm
My Sister's Closet - 3590 5TH Ave. San Diego, CA 92103-5017. Phone: (619) 299-1474
Global Trading Co - 101 16TH St. San Diego, CA 92101-7601. Phone: (619) 620-7817
Wardrobe Works West - 3023 Olive St. San Diego, CA 92104-5002. Phone: (619) 528-0203

Los Angeles Entertainment Information
City of Los Angeles – Recreation & Tourism – http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lacity5.htm
City Guide – http://losangeles.citysearch.com/
Los Angeles.com – http://www.la.com/
Los Angeles Craigslist – http://losangeles.craigslist.org/

San Diego Entertaiment Information
Sign On San Diego – http://entertainment.signonsandiego.com/
San Diego.com – http://www.sandiego.com/
City of San Diego – Leisure - http://www.sandiego.gov/directories/leisure.shtml
San Diego Cragislist – Link: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/

Los Angeles Public Transportation -http://www.mta.net/default.asp
LAX Los Angeles (Airport Transportation Information) – http://www.los-angeles-lax.com/transportation.html

San Diego Public Transportation
San Diego Metropolitan Transportation System – http://www.sdcommute.com/
Lindburg Field - San Diego (Airport Transportation Information) – http://www.san.org/airport/ground_transportation/public_transportation