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Wed Sep 24, 2025, 11:24 PM Wednesday

Belva Davis, Bay Area broadcasting trailblazer, dies at 92



Belva Davis, a Bay Area broadcasting trailblazer, died at 92 on Wednesday morning after a long illness.

Davis was the first African-American woman to become a television news reporter on the West Coast when she was hired at KPIX in 1966.

She spent three decades working as a reporter and anchor for KPIX.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bay-area-journalist-belva-davis-dies/
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