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 district attorneys of San Francisco, Alameda County and other counties settled a lawsuit with a solar energy supplier to resolve allegations that the company misrepresented details when selling its services. -
A new poll released this week on the California governor’s race found that a Republican is the leading candidate among likely voters -
Hundreds of Oakland teachers demonstrated near Lake Merritt yesterday to demand what they described as better pay and working conditions, as well as a budget that prioritizes students' development and outcomes. -
CrosscurrentsFollowing the firing of 17 of the 21 judges assigned to San Francisco’s immigration courts, the federal administration recently ended its lease at the immigration court at 100 Montgomery street in the City. -
The weather forecast for the Bay Area calls for showers to continue over the next few days. -
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to help the Sogorea Te’ Land trust purchase 16 acres of undeveloped land in the Oakland hills. -
Maintenance workers at California State University campuses are on strike. -
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie yesterday signed legislation to open a Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage or RESET Center to expand support for people with substance use disorders. -
San Francisco’s first teachers strike in nearly a half-century has come to an end. -
San Mateo County announced a plan this week to place emergency overdose medication in publicly accessible boxes around the county.
