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 City of Oakland is looking for another police chief. -
Today, October 7th, marks the second anniversary of ongoing war in Gaza. The day began with a coordinated assault by Palestinian guerrillas, mostly from the Islamic Resistance Movement, known as Hamas. -
A San Francisco native is being freed from a high-security prison in Israel, after he was detained last week along with hundreds of other activists. -
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors received a 42-page written opinion on recommending that Sheriff Christina Corpus should be removed from her job. -
Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed legislation that will protect California college students from being academically disciplined, if they receive medical help during a drug or alcohol overdose. -
San Jose officials have approved a pay raise for police officers through 2029. -
Support for Proposition 50 continues to gain momentum. -
And in San Francisco, a government shutdown could impact the annual Fleet week festivities next week… -
The documentary, No Place to Grow Old, focuses on the fastest growing population entering homelessness across the country: adults ages 55 and older. -
CrosscurrentsA quick update on the A’s as they end their first season in Sacramento.
