San Francisco Bay View

The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper is both an online and print publication based in San Francisco, California. It offers news and events through the lens of the African-American community, emphasizing issues related to Black liberation, global racial inequality, and political oppression. Established in 1976, the newspaper's print version was widely distributed across the San Francisco Bay Area until 2008. The publication's name is inspired by the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood.

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Black History Month 2025: 14 places in California where Black businesses and culture thrived

1 month ago | sfbayview.com

The article highlights 14 historic Black neighborhoods in California and their cultural impact.
Jhacorey Wyatt may be sentenced for the wrong crime

Dec 9, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Griffin Jones

by Griffin Jones28-year-old Jhacorey Wyatt has spent an entire prison term awaiting his sentence for a 2021 shooting in the Tenderloin. Tomorrow, Dec. 10, a judge will decide whether Wyatt receives time served or face over a decade more behind bars. The ruling has a chance to break from San Francisco’s trend of over-incarcerating Black people — in this case, for a crime that five jurors who originally handed out guilty verdicts are now refuting.
All-Black crew denied work at home job site in spite of HUD rules

Sep 24, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Griffin Jones

Today was the ninth day an all-Black crew was denied work at a construction site in their backyard. At 6:45 a.m. sharp on Sept. 24, a group of 12 men and women in hard hats and work boots gathered on the corner of Beatrice Lane and Espanola Street in Hunters Point. Some walked over from their homes around the corner; a few carpooled. They chatted, sipping from McCafe cups. They were ready to work.
SFPD names suspect in hate crimes against Terry Williams

Sep 6, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Griffin Jones

San Francisco police have officially named a suspect in the racist death threats against Terry Williams, a Black dog walker and lifelong Fillmore resident. And it turns out, the two have some history. The suspect is a 67-year-old Black woman named April Martin Chartrand, a resident of the 700 block of Steiner Street, on the same city block as the Williams family. Chartrand’s family reported her missing only weeks ago, on Aug. 23. Police say they are actively searching for her.
Remembering Eddie Kittrell (1951-2023):Public housing advocate and nationally known Potrero Hill figure

May 30, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Zaire Saunders

Known locally and nationally for his decades of community work in San Francisco and especially for his deep support of Potrero Hill Annex and Terrace Public Housing Development residents, Eddie Lee Kittrell passed away on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023.
Plaza East residents rally for accountability from SF Housing Authority

May 28, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Zaire Saunders

SAN FRANCISCO – Amidst the backdrop of Plaza East, tenants and their allies gathered for a press conference on May 29, 2024, demanding accountability from the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA). The event, organized by the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco, aimed to shed light on verbal commitments made to Plaza East tenants by top HUD officials during a site visit in March.
After racist attacks, peace rally brings Fillmore together

May 25, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Griffin Jones

On Friday afternoon, under patchy gray skies, heads bowed and arms raised at an intimate peace gathering outside the burned out remains of local dog walker Terry Williams’ family home at Grove and Fillmore Streets. The gathering included words from Mayor London Breed and a prayer service, led by Rev.
One-alarm fire rips through home of man recently targeted with racist threats

May 21, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Griffin Jones

At 11:31 a.m. today, flames engulfed a two-story home at Grove and Fillmore Streets, recently the site of racist hate mail sent to Terry Williams, a lifelong figure in the Fillmore and local dog walker. The one-alarm fire left the home in ruins and uninhabitable for the foreseeable future. Williams’ parents, Carolyn, 79, and Luddie, 82, were rescued by fire crews.
One-alarm fire rips through home of man recently targeted with racist threats

May 21, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Griffin Jones

At 11:31 a.m. today, flames engulfed a two-story home at Grove and Fillmore Streets, recently the site of racist hate mail sent to Terry Williams, a lifelong figure in the Fillmore and local dog walker. The one-alarm fire left the home in ruins and uninhabitable for the foreseeable future. Williams’ parents, Carolyn, 79, and Luddie, 82, were rescued by fire crews.
We don’t want to hear you say Nigga no more: Misclassifying colorism in the Kendrick and Drake beef

May 13, 2024 | sfbayview.com | Zaire Saunders

Can you say “low cultural IQ?”In recent Hip Hop exchanges, Kendrick Lamar’s lyrical challenge to Drake regarding his use of the word “nigga” has stirred significant controversy. Kendrick’s critique, however, has been misclassified by many outside the culture as colorism. Instead, it serves as a pointed call to protect Black cultural expressions from superficial appropriation and I will explain why.