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 federal judge in San Francisco issued an injunction Tuesday to restore the principal funding stream for organizations that represent unaccompanied children in immigration matters. -
The proposed redevelopment of the former Hilltop Mall in Richmond has drawn the opposition of some residents. -
The California Department of Food and Agriculture, or CDFA, is ramping up its efforts to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly in parts of Alameda and Santa Clara counties. -
The Oakland Unified School District has reached a tentative agreement with its 2,500-member teachers union. -
Dozens of people filled the steps outside San Francisco City Hall yesterday to demand that city leaders address traffic safety issues with more urgency. -
Governor Gavin Newsom took to Tik-Tok yesterday for a discussion with 15-thousand followers on the impact of President Trump’s decision to impose widespread tariffs. -
The Berkeley City Council last night approved a resolution on the ongoing conflict in Gaza. -
Teachers in Oakland are set to go on strike Thursday for one day, if their union isn't provided with certain financial documents by school administrators.
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More than 50 protests around the Bay are planned for this Thursday to protest Trump administration policies. -
A new group in Oakland says the city government is dysfunctional and wants to amend the city charter to fix it.
