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 University of California professional and technical employees, including laboratory technicians and information technologists, reached a four-year agreement with the university over the weekend. -
Seismic activity rattled the East Bay yesterday. -
Residents living in recreational vehicles in San Francisco rallied Wednesday against the city's ban of long-term RV parking. The ban on RVs went into effect last month. -
Santa Clara County leaders say the Trump administration is withholding millions of dollars in disaster preparedness funds needed to provide security and staffing for Super Bowl 60. -
On Tuesday, the Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the allocation of 800-thousand dollars to the Marin Community Foundation and the San Francisco Marin Food Bank. The money will supplement the loss of federal food assistance amid the government shutdown, which has gone on for 35 days. -
Initial poll results last night showed California voters strongly supporting the passage of Proposition 50, which would lead to redrawing the state’s Congressional maps before next year’s mid-term elections. -
Polling stations around the state opened at 7:00 this morning for a special election, where voters will decide the fate of Proposition 50. -
Congressman Josh Harder introduced legislation last week that would prohibit private or undisclosed meetings between California utility companies and state regulators. -
Open health insurance through Covered California begins Saturday. -
One California Head Start has closed and three more face imminent closure due to the federal government shutdown affecting about a thousand very-low-income children and 270 teachers.
