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About Gennady
Gennady Sheyner has been covering Palo Alto since 2008. His beats include City Hall, with a special focus on housing, utilities and transportation. He also covers regional politics for the Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto Online and its sister publications. He has won awards for his coverage of elections, land use, business, technology and breaking news.A native of Ukraine, Gennady grew up in San Francisco and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a bachelor’s degree in English and from Columbia University with a master’s degree in journalism. Prior to joining Embarcadero Media, he spent three years covering breaking news and local politics for The Waterbury Republican-American, a daily newspaper in Connecticut. He is a massive fan of English football, marathons and churros.
Stories by Gennady
Palo Alto awash with cell-tower proposals
Palo Alto residents concerned about the recent flood of cell-tower and antenna proposals should have plenty to complain about in the months ahead as applications continue to flood in. The topic will take center stage at the City Council meeting tonight (Monday).[Monday, May 16, 2011]
Stanford Hospital expansion wins key vote
After four years of hearings, debates and negotiations, Stanford University Medical Center's proposal to dramatically expand its hospital facilities in Palo Alto is now rounding the final corner en route to the city's approval.[Wednesday, May 11, 2011]
Palo Alto eyes changes to binding-arbitration law
After balking last year, Palo Alto officials renewed their push Tuesday night to kill or modify a local law that empowers an arbitration panel to settle disputes between the city and its public-safety unions.[Tuesday, May 10, 2011]
Report: Strip power from California rail authority
California's proposed high-speed-rail system is facing potentially crippling threats from looming federal deadlines and weak oversight by the agency charged with building the project, the state Legislative Analyst's Office concluded in a new report.[Tuesday, May 10, 2011]
New bike boulevard planned for Palo Alto
Winding trails, colorful bike lanes, prominent signs and a new bicycle boulevard snaking southward from the middle of the city are all components of the City Council's ambitious quest to make Palo Alto one of the top biking places in the nation.[Monday, May 9, 2011]
Rail authority stumped by Peninsula's proposed 'blended' system
A proposal by three Peninsula lawmakers to blend California's proposed high-speed-rail system with Caltrain ran into opposition Thursday morning from the state agency charged with building the new rail line. ==B Related stories:== [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=20793 Reps: High-speed rail should merge with improved Caltrain system in San Jose][Friday, May 6, 2011]
Palo Alto may merge police, fire departments
Seeking to curb costs in a time of tight budgets, Palo Alto is considering merging its Police and Fire departments.[Thursday, May 5, 2011]
Palo Alto takes aim, again, at binding arbitration
As Palo Alto's management and firefighters prepare to take their simmering labor dispute to arbitration, city leaders are also pondering whether it's time to kill the binding-arbitration provision in the City Charter altogether.[Wednesday, May 4, 2011]
Breathalyzers found at fault in DUI cases
Santa Clara County prosecutors are taking a fresh look at hundreds of driving-under-the-influence cases in Palo Alto and San Jose after they learned Tuesday that the police departments in those two cities were using faulty alcohol-prescreening devices.[Wednesday, May 4, 2011]
Palo Alto to share dispatch system with Mountain View, Los Altos
While other Peninsula cities are preparing to merge or outsource their public-safety departments, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos are pursuing a less drastic idea -- a "virtual consolidation" of their emergency operations. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19945&e=y Neighboring cities eye regional services] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=17401 Cities may share dispatchers -- 'no fire merger'][Tuesday, May 3, 2011]