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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The utility already inspected 300 downtown power vaults, but California state regulators want a more extensive examination of Edison's Long Beach system. -
The Council incorporated some financial oversight measures in its approval for L.A. to pursue being a host city for what would be its third Olympics
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The order to perform additional inspections came late Tuesday, a day after yet another outage cut power to hundreds of homes and businesses Sunday afternoon.
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The Council appears poised to sign off on L.A.'s effort to compete for the games while exercising added oversight over deals the local organizing committee enters.
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Four substantial outages over two months appear to have different causes, Southern California Edison says. Heat is a factor in the latest outages
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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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