San Leandro is located just South of Oakland and Alameda.
Interstates 880, 580 and 238 all run through parts of the town making San Leandro very commute friendly. The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has two stations making access to San Francisco, SFO, Oakland International Airport and the Oakland Coliseum very easy.
Lake Chabot Regional Park borders the city to the East. The San Leandro Marina, San Francisco Bay and Monarch Bay Golf Courses border the city to the West. The marina has several water-front restaurants for casual dining.
Bayfair Center a large regional shopping mall and is located near the southern border of the city. Bayfair has Macy's, Target, Bed-Bath-&-Beyond, Kohl's and Century Theaters 16 mega-plex.
Beyond Bayfair Center to the South is an unincorporated area of Alameda County that has San Leandro, postal addresses. This area is generally considered to be the Ashland district of San Leandro.
In downtown San Leandro is the San Leandro Plaza Shopping center. This was the historic center of town and redeveloped in the 1970's to create an open landscaped shopping plaza. Downtown is also the home to San Leandro's City Hall, which has it's own community theater for live preformances.
San Leandro is home to the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. In the area around 139th Avenue, you can smell the chocolate in the air.
Here are some links to the area that you may find usefull.
http://www.hiltongardeninn.com/en/gi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=OAKSLGI
http://www.sanleandromarinainn.com/
http://bayfair.mallfinder.com/
http://www.prurealty.com/Michael.Greenslade/San%20Leandro%20Information.aspx
