Ultimate Athlete Contest: Chance for local athlete to win $2,000

Submitted by Sean Cunningham on Friday, June 10th, 11:15 pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - HighSchoolSports.net is looking for a high school athlete, boy or girl that excels on and off the field, in this year's Ultimate Athlete Contest.

If you know of a student athlete that might be the ideal candidate, submit a video showcasing why he or she deserves to be the 2011 Ultimate Athlete.

This year's Ultimate Athlete will win a $2,000 grand prize and $500 donation to their athletic department, and much more.

Learn more about the Ultimate Athlete Contest here.

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Meet News10's Teacher of the Year

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 1:10pm

James Welcome is the 2011 Esquire IMAX / News10 Teacher of the Year! He teaches ESL at Valley High School in South Sacramento.

Welcome received the teaching honor at the 10th annual teacher of the year event in Sacramento Thursday night. He was nominated and selected as the February 2011 News10 Teacher of the Month.

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PHOTO CONTEST: Father's Day 2011

Submitted by Lesha Ruffin, Community Web Producer

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 12:29pm

Who's your favorite papa? Upload his photo to MomsLikeMe and tell us about him for a chance to win Papa Murphy's pizzas and a couple's massage from Massage Envy! The entry with the most votes will win.

SLIDESHOW: Father's Day 2011 photo contest candidates

Click here to submit a photo of your father and/or vote for your favorite dad today!

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Sacramento library Internet, phones crash

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 11:54am

SACRAMENTO, CA - The Sacramento public library system is experiencing a major technical problem in which all Internet services (internal and external) and customer telephone lines are down.

Also affected are catalog and library wireless systems.

Spokesman Don Burns says the libraries are open.

Updates will be posted on the library's Facebook and Twitter pages.

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News10 Teacher of the Year announced

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 8:59am

SACRAMENTO, CA - True to his name, James Welcome, the 2011 Esquire IMAX/News10 Teacher of the Year, has an open door policy for his students, English language learners at Valley High School in south Sacramento.

Welcome received the teaching honor at the 10th annual teacher of the year event in Sacramento Thursday night. He was nominated and selected as the February 2011 News10 Teacher of the Month.

Welcome teaches English and history. Even though English is not the first language of his students, their history test scores are among the highest in California.

With the teaching honor, Welcome received a $5,000 check from Schools Financial Credit Union, a $500 IKEA gift card, a pizza party for his class every month for a year and a Comcast entertainment package for restaurants and event tickets.

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Man shot in attempted robbery in so. Sacramento

Submitted by Maneeza Iqbal on Thursday, June 9th, 11:29 pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A man in his 2's was shot after refusing to give robbers money Thursday just after 9 p.m. near the Stone Gate Apartments.

The victim and his brother were walking near Mack Road and Center Parkway when a group of teens, 16 to 19 years old, tried to rob the brothers, said Sacramento police Sgt. Don Crye.

After the victim was shot in the chest by one of the robbers, the group fled the scene.

Crye said the victim was in stable condition and expected to survive.

The witnesses were unable to provide details to describe the robber, Crye said.

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18th Annual Doggy Dash now being called the 'Soggy Dash!'

Submitted by Sacramento SPCA

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011, 3:06pm

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday, June 4th for the Doggy Dash, or as it is now being referred to as the "Soggy Dash!" It may have rained ALL day, but despite everything, the event raised more than $170,000 for the animals at the Sacramento SPCA. We were amazed (and proud!) of the number of pet lovers who braved the weather with us!

We hope to see everyone next year, for the 19th Annual Doggy Dash in 2012. A date has not yet been established, but we're crossing our fingers (and paws) for sunshine and blue skies!

*Attached photos are courtesy of Patrick Storm Photography.

More event photos are available on our Facebook page 'Sacramento SPCA Doggy Dash' or online at www.digitalwonderlandphotography.com.