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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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. -
The new rates bump power prices up each of the next three years, with the average consumer paying $200 more per year in 2020.
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Los Angeles city's 3-1-1 help line received dozens of calls when one vender, whose drivers were hired by a competitor, couldn't pick up commerical garbage
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued its findings Wednesday into the causes of a large explosion at the Exxon Mobil Refinery, but it still seeks critical information.
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Whittier College sold it's law school property for $35 million three months before making the decision to close the law school. Faculty said they were blindsided.
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Los Angeles city water customers will save only a couple bucks per month less on their water bills even though DWP has stopped buying expensive imported water
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After those monitors go, SoCal Gas and a company sponsored by a law firm suing the utility will operate the remaining methane monitors
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Los Angeles Community Choice Energy is designed to buy power on the open market and sell it at lower prices to Edison customers. But Edison controls the billing.
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The city's water agency doesn't have enough storage to hold all of the Sierra snowmelt expected to flow south via the L.A. Aqueduct later this year. The Metropolitan Water District has agreed to accept the excess.
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State lawmakers approved a bill this week to add a new gas tax and higher vehicle registration fees to fund road repairs and new construction.
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