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Sharon McNary
On-call host
What I cover
These days, you're most likely to hear more on air filling in for one of the LAist hosts. Before that, I covered infrastructure, which I define as all the different things we build together to make life better, for LAist for many years.
My background
A lifelong resident of Southern California, I'm 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.
Best way to reach me
Email me at smcnary@laist.com.
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Natural gas had been leaking since the spring from a compressor at a power plant in the Valley, but it wasn’t until scientists from JPL notified the agency that repairs were begun.
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It's colorful, it's flexible, it's a $1.5 billion new bridge that will speed you across the water from Long Beach to Terminal Island.
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Sunday’s pipe rupture was on a different water line from the one that broke open in 2014, which cost UCLA $15 million in damage to hundreds of cars and Pauley Pavilion.
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The county spent $1 million promoting Measure H, a sales tax for homeless services. But state law says governments may not spend taxpayer funds to advocate for a tax increase.
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It’s the equipment running too long and too hot that caused outages in Los Angeles, not the rolling blackouts used in other areas to reduce power demand.
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You’ve probably heard them all before, but here’s what you can do to help save energy during a heat wave.
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Under High Demand, California Declares Stage 3 Power Emergency, Then Lifts It. What You Need To KnowThere had not been a Stage 3 Emergency called by the CA ISO since 2001.
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We have the list of cooling centers in L.A. County and other tips.
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Los Angeles Waterkeeper won a partial victory in a ruling in a lawsuit against state water regulators over allowing wastewater treatment plants to discharge water to the ocean.
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Edison’s fire prevention power shutoffs should affect fewer homes and businesses this fire season than in 2019 as the company works to upgrade equipment that has been blamed for past fires.
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Bellflower wanted to sell its aging water system and it found a willing buyer, but the state says the price is so high it will burden consumers far outside Bellflower.
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The Poseidon Resources desalination plant proposed for land along the Huntington Beach coastline could produce millions of gallons of drinking water, but at a steep economic and environmental cost, critics say.