Belva Davis, the trailblazing journalist who broke the color barrier and graced Bay Area airwaves and television sets for more than five decades, died Wednesday at the age of 92.

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After initially starting her career in print, Davis transitioned into radio and broadcast journalism in the Bay Area in the mid-1960s, becoming the first Black female TV reporter on the West Coast when KPIX-TV hired her in 1966. However, for those who knew her best, her impact extended beyond the journalism world.

“While many news outlets will report on her being a pioneer in journalism and a civil rights advocate, as well as her groundbreaking career in television broadcasting, to us she was just mom and ‘Nana,’” the Davis family said in a statement. “Mom had an uncanny knack for asking questi

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