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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.
Stories by Sharon McNary
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Unlike the housing boom that drove employment in the mid-2000s and then collapsed, the Riverside-San Bernardino area's new jobs are forecast to be broad-based.
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With less than 3 percent of young adults casting ballots in June, County Registrar Dean Logan's challenge is to get more of them to vote.
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Ted Lieu and Elan Carr, vying to replace Waxman as the Westside's next member of Congress, debate Santa Monica Airport jets, drilling in Hermosa Beach.
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We spoke to more than 30 Angelenos in Venice Wednesday. Gentrification, Santa Monica Airport, campaign funding and public education are among the topics they care about.
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Construction leads the comeback in the region, but some fear it could be undercut if fuel prices and interest rates go up.
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In at least two patrol areas, police told the LAPD's staffing computer that more officers were in the field and on duty than were actually working.
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When California adopted an online complaints system, it dropped the automatic screening by investigators. Now that step is being added back into the process.
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Huy Fong Foods settled a dispute over chili odors bothering neighborhood residents. Now the factory's owner is offering tours and a gift shop to gain public favor.
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Acts like Jay-Z, Beyonce and One Direction are part of a series of seven huge concerts helping the Pasadena-owned Rose Bowl mark one of its highest-grossing years.
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The 135-mile Badwater ultramarathon adopts a new route after the National Park Service halted permits for extreme sporting events in Death Valley.
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Republican Lesli Gooch had placed third in the primary and was hoping to close a 209-vote gap on the second-place finisher, Democrat Pete Aguilar.
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Southern Californian veterans of the Iraq War have seen the progress they made largely reversed as militants overrun many of Iraq’s cities.
