Real stores

     Al Lasher's

          nearby in Berkeley

          good range of weirdness

     Electronics Plus

          in San Rafael

     Halted HSC

          too far away in Santa Clara

          but huge

Online

     Jameco

          includes will call, only one hour away

     Sparkfun

     Acroname

     Solarbotics

     Electronix Express

Real Electronics Distributors

     but no minimum

          Mouser

          Digikey

     very real - a bureaucratic nightmare, but good for trendy or obscure new stuff, large quantities

          Avnet

          Arrow

          Future

Surplus

     MPJA

     Electronics Goldmine

     All Electronics

     Alltronics

     American Scientific

     H & R

     Excess Solutions

Maker Shed

Lady Ada

Extinct

     Poly-paks

     Mike Quinn's

     Triangle Machinery and Tool

     RA Enterprises remembered in this also useful metalink