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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County public health officials say extensive testing of air and dust in homes turned up a low level of barium and other metals. -
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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