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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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Southern California Edison’s public safety power shutoffs can leave homes without power for a day or more.
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The internet company Starry is offering free wi-fi for six months in four subsidized housing communities in L.A., with continuing service priced at $15 per month. So, what's the catch?
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Nearly 1 million Angelenos don't have access to affordable, reliable internet service, but residents of four public housing communities will soon have service at $15 a month, with the first six months free.
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It's taken the pandemic to really make it happen, but fire officials are using all kinds of social media and technology now to get information out
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Fire agencies had already been experimenting with putting more communications online, but the pandemic pushed them to go all-in with social media and video briefings directly to the public.
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The classic car caravan, the boat parade, the fireworks, and all the opening hubbub will happen online for the Gerald Desmond Replacement Bridge in Long Beach — no invites for the public.
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A Southern California Edison power line near Cogswell Dam had a momentary outage minutes after fire-spotting cameras recorded smoke rising from the area — the location of the Bobcat fire.
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Early in the day, it looked like consumer’s power demand might outstrip supply, but by mid-morning, the projected supply appeared to be sufficient to avoid rolling outages.
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By mid-morning, state energy grid managers had found enough power to avoid running short, projections said.
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Californians will be using nearly as much power at peak times over the next few days as they did in mid-August, when utilities imposed rolling outages to lower demand on the system.
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This weekend will be just as hot - and Californians will use nearly as much power - as in August when state energy managers used rolling outages to reduce power demand. But outages may be avoided this time.
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A sleek new cable-stayed bridge has risen over the Port of Long Beach to replace the 52-year-old Gerald Desmond Bridge. The new one opens to the public this fall.
