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 Surf City Marathon attracted 13,000 participants. -
Volunteers need to be at least 16-years old and be willing to commit to weekly shifts at one of the county’s animal care centers.
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The team is the first from L.A. County to make it this far in the Little League World Series tournament in decades.
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Roads, interchanges, bike paths, transit, clean water projects and much more could be funded if or when the massive infrastructure bill wins House passage.
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Southern California Edison kept cutting off the power in Acton, until the tiny town decided to push back and demand answers of the giant utility.
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State regulators criticized Southern California Edison for faulty communications during power outages imposed to prevent fires.
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A group of college students collaborated with environmental justice activists to create never-before-seen maps of warehouses juxtaposed with data on health, poverty and race.
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In the Inland Empire, warehouse developers have nearly exhausted the supply of vacant land near the freeways and are now infiltrating residential neighborhoods
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As warehouses saturate the land along SoCal freeways, the warehouse industry faces increasing pressure from the public and government to clean up its polluting ways.
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About That Gas Leak Alert You Got? Unless You're Near A Certain Intersection In Downey, Not To WorryA contractor hit a gas line and Downey officials tried to send out a local alert, but they didn't realize their new emergency notification system was configured to send the notice countywide.
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