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 mother of an unarmed man shot and killed by LAPD officers is relieved one of the officers' actions were found to be improper and now calls on the District Attorney to file charges. -
About a dozen demonstrators gathered outside the L.A. mayor's home in Hancock Park this morning in what they said was a wake-up call for Garcetti.
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Unconfirmed reports surfaced Friday that two LAPD officers would be cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, mentally ill black man in South L.A.
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The company comes under L.A.'s microscope while its own report says its spill caused $3 million in damages and emergency response costs
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Residents challenged the plan to build a single sidewalk. They say it's dangerous and runs counter to a city goal to eliminate pedestrian and cyclist deaths.
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A year after the City Controller complained the city was undercharging utilities that dig and damage city streets, the fee may finally go up.
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The strategy to spend $1.4 billion on sidewalk repairs over the next 30 years pays for residential repairs, but businesses would be on their own.
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Opponents of a $5 billion tunnel connecting Pasadena and Alhambra float a new plan that would downgrade part of the 710, making it a surface street
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A stinging city audit questioned whether the Bureau of Street Services could prove it filled nearly a million potholes over three years.
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Forty years ago, the city took responsibility for broken sidewalks, but now L.A.'s top manager says it's time for property owners to take it back.
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