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4 unusual facts about Fruitvale


Fruitvale School District

Fruitvale School District is a Kindergarten - 8th grade public school district in Fruitvale, California.

Northwest Bakersfield

Historically this region was rural, with the farming communities of Fruitvale, Rosedale, and Greenacres.

East of Coffee Rd, there is a small segment that extends south to Fruitvale Ave, next to the town of Fruitvale.

Paul Moller

Paul Sandner Moller (December 11, 1936, Fruitvale, British Columbia Canada) is an engineer who has spent the past forty years developing the Moller Skycar personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle.


Keith Carson

He represents the Fifth District which includes the cities of Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, and the West Oakland, North Oakland, Rockridge, Grand Lake, Fruitvale, and Dimond District neighborhoods.

Ryan Coogler

His first feature-length film, Fruitvale (later retitled Fruitvale Station), tells the story of the last 24 hours of the life of Oscar Grant, who was shot to death by a police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale BART station on January 1, 2009.

Transit-oriented development

In their 1996 book, Transit Villages in the 21st Century, Michael Bernick and Robert Cervero identified emerging transit villages at several BART stations, including Pleasant Hill / Contra Costa Centre, Fruitvale, Hayward and Richmond.


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