Sharon McNary
Infrastructure Reporter (she/her)
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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A flurry of fraud cases following this fall's wine country fires prompted the FBI to create a special task force. Officials in SoCal are bracing for the same. -
Colorado Blvd. will close to vehicles at 10 p.m. on Dec. 31 for added security. In past years, the parade route was open until just before dawn.
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Santiago Sharks band members surprised the foster kids at Five Acres by performing for them then showering them with presents.
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A geologist warns some Ventura County residents to not sleep in their homes overnight during winter rainstorms because of the landslide risk.
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You can use a smartphone app to watch as a gigantic fish leaps into the air then before transforming into a dragon.
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Rose Queens who reign over the Rose Parade have become more diverse, but the oldest living one says there's room for more barriers to be broken.
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A website SoCal Gas installed to inform residents about unusual gas levels was down temporarily around the time of a natural gas leak.
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The head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese has made it something of a personal tradition to spend part of the holiday with inmates at the Men's Central Jail in downtown L.A.
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The Southern California Gas Company says a gas leak occurred at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in Porter Ranch just before 5 p.m. Monday night.
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Current rules allowing uninsured losses from fire, theft and other incidents would be stripped away. Only uninsured losses in federally-declared disasters could be written off.
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