Sharon McNary
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Southern California, CA, United States
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LA's Park To Playa Trail: After 20 Years You Can Now Hike From Crenshaw To The Beach
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What It's Like To Use LA's Singing, Self-Cleaning, Automated Park Restroom:
Let's go to the bathroom with Sharon McNary. → Read More
LA's Trash Trucks Could Start Making Regular Stops At Homeless Encampments:
The same kind of regular trash service provided to homes would be extended to homeless sites, in an effort to improve the public health of the most crowded encampments. → Read More
President Trump Is Texting You Oct. 3 Whether You Want Him To Or Not
The "Presidential Alert" should hit mid-morning Pacific time. → Read More
Audio: Were seven giant LA developments worth giving $1 billion in tax breaks?
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to provide nearly one billion dollars in tax breaks to large developments since 2005. Downtown hotels that got millions of dollars of tax breaks each have become our modern-day landmarks. → Read More
Gov. Brown accused of behind-the-scenes manipulation in vote of water tunnel project
Two nonprofit groups are accusing Gov. Jerry Brown of improperly working with Metropolitan Water District board directors behind the scenes to put pressure on a key vote for a massive water tunnel project. → Read More
The cost of the Porter Ranch gas leak is closing in on $1 billion
It includes what SoCal Gas spent housing thousands of families away from Porter Ranch while the leak was active, and a program to capture greenhouse gases equivalent to what got into the atmosphere from the broken gas well. → Read More
Audio: Cheaper gas or better roads? The battle over California's new gas tax
Government officials and construction interests who want to keep the gas tax face off against anti-tax activists to win the hearts and minds of California voters. → Read More
Should Elon Musk's Westside tunnel get to skip environmental review? Some LA leaders think so
The region's transit agency worries The Boring Company's tunnel could interfere with its plans to build a subway under Sepulveda Boulevard. → Read More
Audio: Pacific Ocean methane burp could be source of Westside odor
Smell from Santa Monica to Venice to West L.A. could have come from decomposing seaweed or algae releasing methane as well as rotten-egg smelling sulphur compounds. → Read More
Audio: How to stay safe as the strongest storm of the season rolls into SoCal
Where to get sandbags, sign up for emergency alerts and monitor storm conditions near the Thomas Fire and other burn areas. → Read More
But is it squirrel-proof? LAX and DWP's $120 million power grid upgrade plan
Officials are looking to avoid the 100 or so power disruptions that have occurred at the airport since 2013. A new power station with underground lines would exclusively serve LAX. → Read More
Audio: 'Blue curb' parking for disabled drivers in LA still lacking a year into new program
A city controller's audit says nobody was put in charge of turning requests for accessible parking spaces into actual parking spaces. → Read More
5 things to know about the plan to ship water to Southern California
SoCal's largest water importer looks to revive a plan to shore up the region's water supplies by reconfiguring diversions from NoCal. → Read More
Why Southern California’s newspapers are having such a tough time right now
The newspaper's dillema: Print ads dwindle at traditional "papers of record" like the L.A. Times, but online revenues aren't enough to keep newsrooms robust → Read More
For security, Rose Parade route will be car-free this New Year's Eve
Colorado Blvd. will close to vehicles at 10 p.m. Dec. 31 to add a level of security to pre-parade revelers. Previously, the parade route would be open until just before dawn. → Read More
Thomas Fire grows slightly overnight; now at 15 percent containment
Southern California's largest fire grew has scorched 155,000 acres, but crews succeeded at keeping containment at 15 percent. → Read More
Slideshow: Thomas Fire in Ventura hops the 101 Freeway, grows to 65,000 acres
The largest and most destructive wildfire burning in Southern California forced new evacuations and almost reached the ocean. → Read More
Audio: Officials warn of possible natural gas shortage this winter
An explosion in a SoCal Gas pipeline east of Barstow last month could result in gas shortages to customers in L.A. this winter. Officials warn consumers to conserve → Read More
$27 million later, the L.A. Snowpack Emergency of 2017 is over
Near-record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra produced a lot of extra water — and the city had to act fast to keep it from flooding roads up north. → Read More