Sunni Khalid
News EditorSunni M. Khalid is a veteran of more than 40 years in journalism, having worked in print, radio, television, and web journalism.
He has worked for Time magazine, USA TODAY, The Wilmington News-Journal,The Baltimore Sun, and National Public Radio, where he was a diplomatic correspondent and the Cairo bureau chief.
During his career, Sunni has reported from more than 35 countries in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean on a number of breaking international stories. These include Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, the U.S. military intervention in Haiti, Israel’s Operation Grapes of Wrath in Lebanon and South Africa’s historic, first all-race elections in 1994.
Over the years, Sunni has also been a guest on several television and radio programs, including CNN, Al-Jazeera, ITN, Sky News and the Voice of America. He attended Howard University in Washington D.C. and graduated cum laude, majoring in print journalism. He also studied at the Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington D.C., majoring in African studies and international economics.
More recently, Sunni helped establish the award-winning news department at WYPR-FM in Baltimore, where he served as managing news editor for nine years. Mr. Khalid was born in Detroit and raised in Highland Park, Michigan.
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The struggling San Francisco Zoo could cost the city tens of millions of dollars, whether it remains open or is closed. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, will provide a 34 million dollar federal loan to help upgrade a stormwater system in Daly City. -
Electric-bike companies are coming out against a bill in the state Legislature that would ban piggybacking - or riding with passengers on e-bikes not designed for it. -
San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder will take a leave of absence from her official duties through the end of June. -
A Contra Costa County judge ruled last week that a ballot measure for voters on a new sales tax must be revised before the June 2nd elections. -
Tomorrow, the Marin County Board of Supervisors will meet to consider awarding more than $800,000 to fund affordable housing in the west part of the county. -
A local public transit agency may become the latest entity to block federal immigration agents from using Santa Clara County. -
The Oakland Police Department said yesterday that crimes such as homicide, aggravated assault, rape, robbery and burglary dropped nearly 30 percent from January 1 through March 31 compared with the same period in 2025. -
As the deadly war enters its fifth week, over 50,000 US troops are now in the region and Trump is threatening to bomb Iran "back to stone ages." -
The Oakland Unified School District has some good news that students, teachers, parents and staff can literally taste.
