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 L.A. County Coroner has identified the man known as "Charley S. Robinet" as Charly Leundeu Keunang. His partner in a 2000 bank robbery talks about Keunang, who died in an officer involved shooting. -
A pilot program lifts a longstanding ban on local hiring preferences for federally-funded transportation construction. The change comes amid a building boom in L.A.
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The city was paving more miles of streets, but it lacked the equipment and staff to paint lane lines. A city committee recommends a $2.8 million interim fix.
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Los Angeles hasn't had a citywide residential sidewalk repair program since 2009. It only fixes sidewalks outside city-owned buildings - and even those are behind.
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Oxnard has nearly $2 million in hand to design a bridge that would lift Rice Avenue over risky railroad tracks, but it lacks the $35 million needed to build it.
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Crews could be in the area for hours fixing the mess — past pipe repairs in the Hollywood Hills took LADWP workers an average of 21.5 hours to repair.
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If refiners can't ship enough of a dirty petroleum byproduct out of the troubled ports of L.A. and Long Beach, they might have to cut back fuel production.
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Mega-ships that haul six times the cargo of normal ships and chronic shortages of truck trailer chassis are also contributing to port congestion.
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Gloria Molina and Jose Huizar disagree over building in downtown L.A. as they vie for the 14th District, which encompasses an area from Eagle Rock to Boyle Heights
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Weekend vessel loading and unloading operations will be temporarily suspended this weekend. Yard, rail and gate operations will continue at terminal operators’ discretion.
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