| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Independent |
| Publisher | Willie Ratcliff |
| Editor | Mary Ratcliff |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Ceased publication | 2008 (print only) |
| Headquarters | 4917 Third Street San Francisco, California United States |
| Circulation | online |
| Official website | sfbayview.com |
San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper is an online newspaper, and former print newspaper, published in San Francisco, California. It covers events from an African American perspective, with a focus on Black liberation and coverage of worldwide racial inequality and political repression. From its founding in 1976[1] until 2008, the paper's distribution in its print edition extended to the larger San Francisco Bay Area. Its name refers to the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood.
It stopped printing paper editions in 2008, due to funding issues.[2]
In March 2009, the newspaper strongly defended Lovelle Mixon, a convicted felon and eventual suspect in multiple rapes, including the rape of a child, who shot and killed 4 Oakland police officers without provocation, and who was himself killed by the police in self defense. The paper called the shootings "A heroic day of resistance against the police", under the headline "Police 2, Oakland residents 4", with the "2" referring to Mixon and Oscar Grant, a shooting victim of BART Police earlier that year.[3][4]