Author Belva Davis, is a foundational player in Bay Area journalism with a career spanning more than five decades. Since becoming the first black female television journalist in the West in 1964, she has covered events of local, national, and international scope; interviewed US Presidents and other world leaders; and, for the past 19 years, served as the host of KQED's must-watch public affairs program "This Week in Northern California." Belva announced her retirement from broadcasting last year, and signed off the air on November 9. Join newsmakers, colleagues and friends in celebrating Belva's historic career with a reception and a program of interviews, tributes, and surprises presided over by former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown.

Thanks, Barbara Rodgers 

Belva Davis, (Second from Right) received well deserved accolades from American Women in Radio and Television, AWRT Golden Gate Chapter as Jackie Wright of Wright Enterprises, then president of AWRT Golden Gate Chapter announced the establishment of the Belva Davis Scholarship Award.  KTVU's Faith Fancher was honored as well in June 1999 at the newly opened W. Hotel, the tallest concrete-framed structure in San Francisco until the Paramount was completed three years later.