Sharon Tomiko Ito (born September 3, 1960, in

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) is a

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journalist who worked in broadcasting for 30 years.

Biography

Sharon Ito was born in

. She graduated from Sacramento's

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in 1978 and later from the University of the Pacific in

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with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. Ito was recognized with multiple awards during her career including a

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from the Los Angeles Radio-TV News Directors Association for her work during the

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. She was also recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists (Sacramento chapter) for feature reporting. She was active with the Sacramento chapter of the

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(AAJA). After working at radio stations

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Stockton and KGNR in Sacramento, Ito began her TV career at

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News10 in Sacramento in 1985 as a producer and news reporter. She left in 1990 to join Disney's startup television station

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in Los Angeles as a reporter, and in 1993 came back home to KRBK-TV/KPWB-TV, now known as KMAX CW 31 in Sacramento. In September 1996, she returned to KXTV as weekend anchor and weekday reporter. In April 2002, Ito switched spots with weekday morning anchor Alicia Malaby and anchored ''News10 Good Morning'' from April 2002 to March 2007 with Dan Elliott. In May 2007 KXTV launched an online project on news10.net called Live_Online, with Ito interviewing newsmakers and interacting with viewers. Ito retired from broadcast news and left the station on March 25, 2012. In 2013 Ito joine
Sacramento State University's College of Continuing Education
where she worked in communications and public affairs until 2020. Ito has been active in the effort to recognize Sacramento's historic Japantow

which was a vibrant immigrant community until the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II which, along with redevelopment in the 1950s, led to its demise. The Japanese American Citizens League honored Ito in 202

for her work as an advocate for Japanese Americans.

Personal

Ito lives in Sacramento and is married to former KXTV News10/ABC10 reporter George Warren (TV reporter), George Warren. They have one daughter.

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Living people Television anchors from Sacramento, California Television anchors from Los Angeles 1960 births University of the Pacific (United States) alumni {{US-journalist-1960s-stub