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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
Los Angeles study backs Stanford researchers' conclusion about high prevalence of COVID-19
Days after Stanford University researchers suggested that COVID-19 cases in the county are far less deadly than originally thought, a new study in Los Angeles County largely mirrored that conclusion.[Tuesday, April 21, 2020]
Palo Alto to start relief fund to help small businesses during pandemic
With local businesses struggling to survive the pandemic, Palo Alto is preparing to launch a relief fund to assist those that have been decimated by the economic shutdown.[Tuesday, April 21, 2020]
Palo Alto braces for $30M revenue loss as shutdown drags on
Palo Alto will consider closing library branches, scrapping its shuttle program and suspending its plan to spur housing production as it deals with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.[Tuesday, April 21, 2020]
Stanford study: More than 48K Santa Clara County residents have likely been infected by coronavirus
The number of coronavirus infections in Santa Clara County could be between 50 and 80 times higher than the officially confirmed count, preliminary results from a community-based study by a team of Stanford researchers indicates.[Friday, April 17, 2020]
Stanford made COVID-19 tests available for health care workers. Now, it's considering wider distribution
As the scientific community races to create tests for COVID-19 and end the shutdown, Stanford University is trying to speed up the production of its new antibody test, which was made available to its health care workers last week.[Wednesday, April 15, 2020]
After setting a lofty goal on climate change, Palo Alto struggles to make progress
Palo Alto's evolving plan to curb carbon emissions faced a sharp rebuke Monday from local environmentalists, who argued that the city is overstating its achievements while falling well short of its targets.[Tuesday, April 14, 2020]
To curb speeding, Palo Alto may ban cars on some streets during pandemic
In a bid to slow down speeding cars and improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists during the coronavirus pandemic, Palo Alto is preparing to close some streets to traffic.[Tuesday, April 14, 2020]
Supervisors denounce xenophobia as Asian American groups report more harassment
Responding to a reported increase in violence and harassment aimed at Asian Americans during the pandemic, county supervisors on Tuesday passed a resolution that pledges to combat hate crime.[Tuesday, April 7, 2020]
Santa Clara County hopeful about slowed growth in COVID-19 cases
In the latest sign that the Bay Area shutdown is effectively containing the spread of the coronavirus, Santa Clara County is seeing the rate of new cases gradually stabilize.[Tuesday, April 7, 2020]
Palo Alto throws City Hall employees a lifeline as economy crumbles
After seeing the local economy collapse seemingly overnight, city leaders began to plan Monday for fewer services, a leaner workforce and retailers decimated by the shutdown.[Monday, April 6, 2020]