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 SFMTA has launched a new program aimed at increasing the number of bike rental stations in the city. -
Hours of traffic gridlock hampered people trying to leave after Fourth of July fireworks in San Francisco on Saturday night. -
Last week marked the deadline for California schools to comply with a state law that prohibits the use of culturally insensitive terms for Indigenous groups as school names or mascots. -
The co-host of a local podcast has been emerged as a figure in the ongoing federal bribery probe into alleged corruption that has already led to the prosecution of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and two prominent businessmen. -
CrosscurrentsIt’s been a year since San Francisco’s implemented a ban on RV’s. Today, an annual check up on San Francisco’s RV ban. -
A proposed tax to support Bay Area public transit was certified Tuesday to go on the California general election ballot this November. -
Bay Area public transit agencies want the public to be aware of changes in service during the Fourth of July. -
Starting tomorrow, tolls for vehicles crossing the Golden Gate Bridge will increase by 50 cents, and fares for Golden Gate ferries and buses will increase by a quarter. -
Scott Wiener, a Democratic state senator running to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress, said he was chased away from San Francisco's Trans March on Friday by harassment over his stance on Israel and Gaza. -
Yesterday, the Oakland Police Department pitched drones to a small community audience as a way to address what it described as staffing shortages and budget constraints.
