belva davis broke through the color barrier as a journalist in the bay area. jana katsuyama is live now in san francisco where she caught up with belva as she hosted her final show. >> reporter: it really was an emotional evening here honoring a woman who has covered history and made history as a journalist. >> reporter: in the make up room, belva davis shared laughs with friends preparing to anchor this week in northern california just like she has for 19 years only this was her final report. >> hello i'm belva davis. >> reporter: tonight she faced the camera with the same composure and dignity that she brought to journalist a peer that spanned five -- journalist career that spanned five decade. >> i turned 80 years, i think i set a world record. i could do it until i was 100 if they would let me and i could remember my name. but i know that's not possible. >> reporter: she closed tonight's show interviewing her friend angelou. the topic, friendship. >> i had no college degree, i had no experience and how did it make it? i realized it was because of friend. >

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belva davis broke through the color barrier as a journalist in the bay area. jana katsuyama is live now in san francisco where she caught up with belva as she hosted her final show. >> reporter: it really was an emotional evening here honoring a woman who has covered history and made history as a journalist. >> reporter: in the make up room, belva davis shared laughs with friends preparing to anchor this week in northern california just like she has for 19 years only this was her final report. >> hello i'm belva davis. >> reporter: tonight she faced the camera with the same composure and dignity that she brought to journalist a peer that spanned five -- journalist career that spanned five decade. >> i turned 80 years, i think i set a world record. i could do it until i was 100 if they would let me and i could remember my name. but i know that's not possible. >> reporter: she closed tonight's show interviewing her friend angelou. the topic, friendship. >> i had no college degree, i had no experience and how did it make it? i realized it was because of friend. >>

belva davis has reported at kron, kpix, dkia radio...what to love about having to have worked in the bay area? >> i love it because the bay area would have me back. nothing better than having a romance. when i started in the business i was often asked i was mistaken for a domestic woman in a fancy hotel more than once. i've worked with people that did not want to walk on the street with the, photographers that were not yet ready to deal with being in a mixed race couple. there are tender moments, racial moments, journalistic moments. they are all part of make you who you are. 1964. one of the most famous conventions in modern times. >> you were working for black radio. >> totally segregated. >> for the president eisenhower he said something and it set something off. the news media or the only eucharists standing up to him. and they scared everybody up into silence and they came against my news director and myself. they drove us away for safety. you know that if this is in a dangerous situation i did not even know if the guards would resp

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. >>> hello, i'm belva davis, and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on this special night, my last, as host here are jill tucker, "san francisco chronicle". lisa vor der brugen, "bay area news group." paul rogers, environment writer for "san jose mercury news." and carla marinucci, "san francisco chronicle," senior political reporter. carla, you get to have all the fun. you were in chicago on tuesday night. tell us what was it like. were people surprised at the close, the short drama? >> well, you know, belva, we were in the snoechs the snoeno hampshire, you know how dramatic it was all the way through. just amazing to be there on that final night. this was a much different election night than 2008, when 250,000 people greeted this sort of landmark moment. barack obama is more weathered, he's -- >> belva: graying. >> graying, but boy, the -- the democrats there, it was just pandemonium. and i think -- this time, it was tears of relief. instead of joy. that this contest has been so tough, so expensive and so important in so many ways and we

journalist hanging up the microphone, belva. davis...ng a live look at the golden gate bridge at 9:14 >> it no longer looks cold if that makes any sense. it went from a 50 degrees, to 54 degrees. >> is starting to warm up we are out of the 30's and now for most of us from the mount you pamt. view-tam cam a gorgeous day. pretty similar today with a chilly start but sunshine. and also nice with warmer conditions but we do have showers into our direction by midweek 44 currently, nearly 50 degrees in san jose. by noon the, widespread 50s and 60s in the north bay. with that screened on your screen and as for the afternoon highs 50s and 60s. for those headed out it is going to be and other cool evening. temperatures in the 40's. upper 50s through antioch, livermore. and low 60s and los gatos. 61 in napa. and upper 50s in richmond and vallejo wheld57 degrees expected in san francisco your kron 4 7 day around the bay low 60s expected along the coast. with changes coming 9:16. >> as one of the longest serving journalists in the country. she spent

belva davis. [applause] [applause] >> listen, thank you very much for that generous round of applause. i am going to start out by boring you, telling you what my mourning has been like. because i am is now admitting that i have to do something about my life, number one. without my cell phone today, i probably would not have made it here. because i was where i have a house that i am trying to put on the market, and the traffic from there to here was over two hours. in the meantime, i wanted to let people here know what was going on with me. so with my cell phone, i called a friend who called somebody. they called somebody. and i made it here. because she knew how to use her computer and resources. i am with you. i need more lessons, obviously. i had the phone but not the knowledge. we're going to do something about that in my household. we're also doing something about living that far away from the center of everything, which is right here in the city. if you want to buy a house in the country woul

belva davis.. >> what to love about having to have worked in the bay area?> i love it because the bay area would have me back. nothing better than having a romance. when i started in the business i was often asked i was mistaken for a domestic woman in a fancy hotel more than once. i've worked with people that did not want to walk on the street with the, photographers that were not yet ready to deal with being in a mixed race couple. there are tender moments, racial moments, journalistic moments. they are all part of make you who you are. 1964. one of the most famous conventions in modern times. >> you are working for black radio. >> totally segregated. >> for the president eisenhower he said something and it set something off. the news media or the only eucharists standing up to him. and they scared everybody up into silence and became they came against my news director and myself. they drove us away for safety. you know that if this is in a dangerous situation i did not even know if the guards would respond to oversee the to protect us. i knew that i had t

i'm belva davis and welcome to this week in northern california. >> last night, belva davis hosted herinal show on kque. the 80-year-old davis is the first african american television reporter on the west coast. >> i thought, now, how have i made it all these years? i have no college degree, no real experience when i came in, and how did i make it? i realize it was because of friends. >> davis is married. she retired channel 2 photographer bill moore and has received numerous awards and has written a book about her life in journalism. she doesn't know what lies ahead, but says her fire is still burning and she'll probably find a cause to promote. >> congratulations to belva. >>> time now, 9:56. let's head over to rosemary for one last check of this saturday forecast. >> good morning to you. mostly sunny skies, temperatures finally warming up. into the 9:00 hour, 40s over parts of the north bay valleys. inland east bay valleys as well. 50s along the peninsula. by 10:00, feeling better, widespread 50s, a few 40s still hanging on over our north bay valley locations. then in time for the l

belva davis is nationally known for being a tenacious and fair reporter and worked at several san franciscow she says she plans to spend time with her husband of 50 years bill, and she will be reading for pleasure and won't have to worry about meeting a deadline. >> yep. >> she is a terrific lady certainly made us proud in the bay area. 7:54. let's check in with sal and see what's happening on the roads. some problems out there. >> reporter: yes there are. we have a power outage in fremont that we talked about that would be a lot of the intersection in fremont are without power because of transformer problem first reported at 7 to pg&e and the 4400 block of eaton court pg&e says fremont fire and police are responding there or they are there. the signals are affected because of the power outages at many fremont intersection. treat it as a four way stop if the lights are out -- way stop if the lights are out. an accident west 80. this crash is in pinole and slow traffic after that as you head west. 24 lafayette traffic westbound is moderate. between walnut creek and oakland when you get to th