Sharon McNary
I cover infrastructure, which I define as all the different things we build together to make life better. So we’re talking the power grid, our systems for managing rainfall, sewage and drinking water, air quality, roads, ports and more. Part of that is reporting on how well and equitably they serve my fellow Angelenos.
I’ve worked my entire career in SoCal journalism, in TV, wire service, newspapers, radio and online, and I welcome your questions about how L.A. works.
I’m a native Angeleno, a 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.
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The California Public Utilities Commission ordered bill credits for customers whose bills were excessively delayed.
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An investigation found that SoCal Gas violated the rights of consumers by delaying bills for more than a month.
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The proposal calls for the creation of as many as 300,000 new jobs to build and support cleaner forms of energy.
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The nation’s largest-ever gas leak poured 100,000 metric tons of methane from the Aliso Canyon gas storage field into the atmosphere. The 2015 blowout near Porter Ranch has cost Southern California Gas Company more than one billion dollars, and generated lawsuits from thousands of plaintiffs, many who say they were sickened by the gas.
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A mishap in moving some radioactive waste has suspended cleanup since last August.
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Because our water depends on the snow far away in the Sierras.
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Residents and public health experts ask why they didn't know about the crude oil earlier, when they could have done more to prevent health problems.
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A magnitude 6.5 or above earthquake on the Santa Susana Fault could cause natural gas to escape from wells.
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When work crews hired by Southern California Edison cut back the canopy of shade trees in unincorporated Altadena last month, many residents of the foothill community were angered that their trees were left unsightly and mangled.
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Changes in the law are letting Edison take down even healthy trees.