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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 seeks input about Caltrain corridor tonight
Palo Alto residents will have a chance to share their vision for the Caltrain corridor and provide feedback about a recent report on the subject at a community meeting tonight.[Thursday, March 29, 2012]
Palo Alto to host second Twitter Q&A tonight
Palo Alto Mayor Yiaway Yeh and City Manager James Keene will serve up punchy answers to residents' questions tonight as part of the city's second Twitter Q&A event.[Thursday, March 29, 2012]
Simitian revives 'Breast Cancer Detection' bill
After seeing his first effort thwarted by a governor's veto, state Sen. Joe Simitian on Wednesday reintroduced a bill requiring women who undergo mammograms to be informed if they have dense breast tissue.[Wednesday, March 28, 2012]
Plan to modernize Caltrain sails through regional commission
Caltrain's stalled effort to electrify its tracks flickered to life Wednesday morning when the Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved an agreement with the California High-Speed Rail Authority that includes as its centerpiece a plan for funding the electrification project.[Wednesday, March 28, 2012]
City mulls tax increase for infrastructure repairs
Palo Alto may ask its voters to approve a tax increase this year to pay for needed infrastructure repairs, though the city has yet to decide which tax to modify and what kind of rate change it should pursue.[Wednesday, March 28, 2012]
Palo Alto's water rates set to rise again
Palo Alto's residential water rates would go up by 15 percent in July under a new proposal by the Utilities Department.[Wednesday, March 28, 2012]
Ford Motor Co. drives into downtown Palo Alto
Ford Motor Company arrived in downtown Palo Alto earlier this month, setting up a research operation in one of Hamilton Avenue's most prominent buildings.[Tuesday, March 27, 2012]
Eshoo bill to aid small businesses passes House
A proposal by U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo to help small businesses raise money when they go public sailed through the U.S. House of Representatives today and now awaits President Barack Obama's signature.[Tuesday, March 27, 2012]
Palo Alto lobbies USPS to sell downtown post office to city
Seeking to preserve the historic downtown post office for public use, Palo Alto officials last week submitted a letter of interest to the United States Postal Service expressing the city's desire to buy the Birge Clark-designed building.[Tuesday, March 27, 2012]
Palo Alto considers shutting down animal shelter
Palo Alto's Animal Services Center, a fixture on East Bayshore Road for the past four decades, could be shut down or relocated to make way for an auto dealership under a new proposal that the city is exploring. ==B Related material:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=20865 First Person: A conversation with Sandy Stadler][Monday, March 26, 2012]