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Sharon McNary
On-call host
What I cover
These days, you're most likely to hear more on air filling in for one of the LAist hosts. Before that, I covered infrastructure, which I define as all the different things we build together to make life better, for LAist for many years.
My background
A lifelong resident of Southern California, I'm military veteran, a former Peace Corps Volunteer and an endurance athlete. My favorite places to be are on the starting line of the L.A. Marathon and riding my bike up Glendora Mountain Road. I also swim, knit, cook, sew, and weave.
Best way to reach me
Email me at smcnary@laist.com.
Stories by Sharon McNary
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The Erskine Fire burned at least 285 homes, most in the mobile-home community of South Lake, near Lake Isabella. Displaced residents camped out for months.
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Five local organizations had appealed the expansion of the landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley, but the county is running short on landfill space.
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Disabled people who need sidewalks fixed can trigger more extensive repairs that can benefit their whole neighborhood. Rebates and council referrals also help.
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An advisory board recommends spending $2.2 million on an air monitoring system for three years, and about $600,000 upgrading Torrance's alert system
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Plans to build two natural gas-fired plants near Dockweiler Beach are on hold while a study of other options using renewable energy is conducted.
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Stormwater management projects to funnel rainwater underground instead of out to the ocean could be funded with a new parcel tax.
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Cutting 1,500 feet off the city's airport runway will trim the number of flights by nearly half. It's part of a long-term strategy to eventually close the airport
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Tesoro's adjacent refineries in Wilmington and Carson are to be merged into a single refinery, the largest on the West Coast.
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The lack of natural gas storage following a massive gas leak means gas-fired power plants are still at risk for shortages, but not as dire as last year, officials say.
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California now gets roughly 30 percent of its power from solar on sunny days. Grid operators are already preparing backup sources for the Aug. 21 eclipse.
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California drivers are footing the bill for $52 billion in new road repair money over the next decade. The first increases at the pump kick in in November.
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To reduce the risk of gas shortages, the state has ordered the utility to immediately refill storage fields that are not under the Aliso Canyon moratorium.
