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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A San Jose safe parking program for the local homeless on Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, property is in violation for operating without proper approvals. -
Heavy rains are expected to continue to pound the Bay Area at least until tomorrow and possibly Wednesday, bringing with them the threat of additional flooding. -
The town that the U.S. Navy built then fractured when the base closed in 1996 – Vallejo -- is about to be hit again with job and industry loss as the dry dock at the West Coast's oldest shipyard facility announced it will be shuttering operations on Mare Island. -
Oakland city officials issued a call Tuesday for 500 volunteers for the 2026 Point-In-Time Count on January 22. -
San Francisco’s public transportation system is preparing to meet the demand prompted by tonight’s New Year's celebrations. -
Bay Area residents can expect a wet welcome to 2026, as forecasts call for showers to continue through the end of the week. -
A Spare the Air Alert has been issued for the Bay Area, the third such alert issued so far this winter. -
A new law that will prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from concealing their faces with masks goes into effect January 1, while a Trump administration lawsuit to stop it is pending. -
Weather forecasters say the Bay Area is set to begin the New Year with more cold weather, steady rains, strong winds and possible coastal flooding. -
Health officials in Contra Costa County have confirmed a measles infection in a person who was mingling in public places for about a week before being discovered.
