Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yankin ya sami sunansa daga "Fruit Vale" na farko, gandun itacen 'ya'yan itace (galibi apricots da cherries) da Henderson Luelling ya kafa a tsakiyar karni na 19. Bayan girgizar ƙasa ta 1906
A shekara ta 1909, hare-haren 'yan gudun hijirar daga San Francisco ya haifar da yawan jama'a, kuma an haɗa unguwar da ba a haɗa ta ba a cikin birnin Oakland a shekara ta 1909.