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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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For years, the L.A. County Flood Control District built structures to rush storm runoff into the sea. Now it's trying to divert much of that water underground for future use.
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One tunnel opponent says the proposal, if included on a list of potential projects could sour voters on a new sales tax ballot measure next year.
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Fire official says Edison reps had too little knowledge of the power grid to help city emergency responders, hampering information flow amid widening outages
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The plan spends $750,000 a year — a tenfold jump over the current contract — to keep pest control workers on site around the clock.
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The airport spends $70,000 a year on exterminators who come when called. The new approach envisions having pest control workers at LAX 24/7
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A consultant will help Southern California Edison figure out why its downtown electrical vaults blew up, leaving thousands in the dark for days last month.
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Five of 14 flood control dams in L.A. County have high levels of sediments from fire scorched hillsides. A wet winter could swamp reduced flood storage capacity.
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After underground vaults exploded last week, Edison has inspected 300 vaults in Long Beach. It's part of a vast inspection program.
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Edison said it would send crews to inspect vaults downtown starting at 10 a.m. and anticipates power would be back for all customers by 6 p.m., according to Long Beach police.
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JetBlue has paid more than $4 million in noise violation fines since 2003. That money goes to the nonprofit Long Beach Public Library Foundation.
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L.A. DWP welders used old-school math and measurements taken with string to fabricate replacement parts for a massive broken pipe for which no blueprints existed.
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The flood highlights DWP's case to raise water prices to pay for proactive pipe replacement, but it also raise questions about the utility's repair priorities.
