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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Craig Davis, a top DWP engineer, found a potential solution to L.A.'s water supply risks in one of Japan's worst earthquake zones. -
Sen. Bob Hertzberg has proposed water providers do 'risk evaluations,' as a first step toward receiving $800 million in state money to reduce water supply risks.
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DWP upgrades to protect the water supply in a big earthquake could cost $12 to $15 billion, but Garcetti is not embracing that estimate.
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Get the lowdown on how to get there, what to see, and how to stay safe during the first CicLAvia event in the San Fernando Valley
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The plan would send staffers out to gauge how clean areas are and use the data to target services like street cleaning and bulky item pickups. But costs are unknown.
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Long Beach is experimenting with participatory budgeting. Beginning March 21, any resident of North Long Beach can vote on how to spend $250,000 of city money.
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The Unidad coalition of social justice groups negotiated with a developer to reserve 15 percent of apartments in a new highrise in South L.A. for low-income renters.
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A new equipment sharing agreement has freed up shipping container trailers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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L.A.'s water utility wants the City Council to create a new agency that could borrow up to $400 million and pass the cost to individual water customers
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Bus lines between Pasadena and Alhambra would cost more than earlier estimates; and a tunnel would cost billions. Other options: speeding street traffic, light rail.
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