Along with all of this Fremont publicity

Our city is mentioned in the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

Or at least according to Wikipedia.

Part II

Five years later, the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. Amir and Baba escape to Peshawar, Pakistan and then to Fremont, California, where Amir and Baba, who lived in luxury in an expensive mansion in Afghanistan, settle in a run-down apartment and Baba begins work at a gas station.