A mural in Oakland, California’s Fruitvale district, a predominantly Hispanic area where bilingual health workers have been trying to find older immigrants without legal residency to sign up for Medi-Cal.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/28/community-workers-fan-out-to-persuade-immigrant-seniors-to-get-covered/

An estimated 6,000 East Oakland PG&E customers were without power between 3:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Friday morning, all because of the wreckage caused by a 125 mph chase on I-880 near Fruitvale.

Source: https://sfist.com/2023/03/31/late-night-high-speed-chase-knocks-down-power-pole-in-east-oakland-6-000-households-lose-power/

Children played other games on the field of Valley Baptist Church Fruitvale Campus while waiting in line.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/bridge-that-gap-chp-gives-gifts-builds-relationships-with-underserved-children/article_a8759ff6-9ef3-11ee-8689-0fec985fe69f.html

For the first time ever, the service will be hosting these unique recruitment events at fire stations in Rossland, Warfield, Genelle, Montrose and Fruitvale.

Source: https://www.rosslandnews.com/news/west-kootenay-fire-halls-host-first-ever-recruitment-open-houses/

Jordan responds that he also was nervous about “Fruitvale” but that Coogler “had a certain sense of confidence to you.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/ryan-coogler-michael-b-jordan-podcast-in-proximity-1235540594/

The outage also affected BART and AC Transit services, as well as stopped the Fruitvale Bridge drawbridge in Alameda from fully closing.

Source: https://sfist.com/2023/02/19/large-power-outage-affects-50-000-people-in-east-bay-and-leaving-alameda-bridge-stuck-half-open/