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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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State utility regulators fined the company for delays of two years or more in fixing corrosion protection systems for gas pipelines in the Harbor and Mid-City areas.
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County public health officials say extensive testing of air and dust in homes turned up a low level of barium and other metals.
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Officials say testing in Porter Ranch homes turned up metals that could have caused health symptoms some residents reported experiencing even after the leak was plugged.
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The utility will spend $150 million of its new rate increase on energy storage projects, including adding massive batteries to help keep power plants running.
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Officials from the California energy and public utilities commissions, as well as local utilities, continue to warn that gas shortages could cause power outages this summer.
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SoCal Gas has tested 101 gas wells in Alison Canyon so far. Just one has gone through a full battery of tests and received state approval.
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SoCal Gas says that by early August it can complete safety tests of Porter Ranch field that are specified in legislation awaiting Gov. Brown's signature.
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Mention of the field is now part of standard disclosure documents, but earlier homebuyers were not told they were moving next door to a massive gas field.
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If you think of a gas well as a straw within a straw, it's safest to move the gas through just the inner straw, but a SoCal Gas exec says they use both in Playa del Rey
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The $67 million from fees and land sales would go toward developing low-income housing, not direct homeless services. The budget still needs city council approval.
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The residents allege they've each sustained at least $3.5 million in damages. They claim the state and the South Coast AQMD were negligent in their oversight.
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Air quality inspectors couldn't smell the gas, and SoCal Gas says there is no leak at its Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field near Porter Ranch.
