Overview

• Her family said she died in her sleep on Wednesday after a long illness and that a memorial is being planned.
• She broke barriers as the Bay Area and West Coast’s first Black female television news anchor, making her TV debut at KTVU in 1963.
• Her five-decade career spanned KTVU, KPIX, KRON and KQED, where she hosted This Week in Northern California for nearly 20 years.
• She reported on defining stories including Berkeley student unrest, the Black Panther movement, the People’s Temple and Jonestown, the Moscone and Milk assassinations, the AIDS crisis, 9/11, and Barack Obama’s 2008 election.
• Her honors include seven Emmys, NATAS Silver Circle (1989), the Governor’s Award (1995), Gold Circle induction (2013) and the California Museum Hall of Fame (2018), as colleagues and civic leaders posted tributes to her legacy.