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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 sees spike in retiree medical obligations
A surge of retirements, shifting demographics and rising health care costs are greatly inflating Palo Alto's obligations to its retirees and prompting a debate among city officials about how much money the city should set aside to meet its gaping liability.[Tuesday, January 31, 2012]
Apparent 'pipe bomb' linked to Palo Alto juvenile
The suspicious object that resembled a pipe bomb and prompted Palo Alto police to shut down a section of Middlefield Road in August was accidentally dropped on the road by a juvenile who was using it as a game prop earlier that day, police said.[Friday, January 27, 2012]
Caltrain ponders tax increase to fund operations
A year after barely avoiding draconian service cuts, Caltrain officials have several reasons to feel optimistic even as they continue to scramble for new funding sources to keep the trains running.[Thursday, January 26, 2012]
Proposed downtown 'gateway' building hit with setback
A looming tower made of glass and connected to a new five-story building could soon become one of the most prominent features of downtown Palo Alto -- if the development can muster up enough "public benefits" to justify its size and density. The city's Planning and Transportation Commission reviewed the updated application Wednesday night but stopped short of approving it.[Thursday, January 26, 2012]
Suspect arrested in Duveneck burglary
Palo Alto police arrested a man Tuesday who they believe burglarized a home in the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood Sunday.[Tuesday, January 24, 2012]
Rail authority slammed for lax contract oversight
The agency charged with building a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles violated state law when it awarded contracts for information-technology services without going through the mandatory bidding process, according to a report released Tuesday by State Auditor Elaine Howle.[Tuesday, January 24, 2012]
Palo Alto approves AT&T's antenna plan
AT&T's controversial plan to install 80 antennas on utility poles throughout Palo Alto surged forward Monday night when the City Council approved the first phase of the company's proposal.[Tuesday, January 24, 2012]
Palo Alto advised to change its ambulance service
Palo Alto's emergency medical services are already among the best in the region, but the city's program could benefit from a new leadership position, a second full-time ambulance and elimination of the city's non-urgent "basic life service," according to a consultant study that was presented to the City Council Monday.[Tuesday, January 24, 2012]
Palo Alto faces tight deadlines for bond measure
Palo Alto's plan to pass a bond measure to fund a new public-safety building this year could be hampered by tight deadlines, uncertainty over location and the continuing transformation of the city's police and fire services.[Monday, January 23, 2012]
New challenges, same 'priorities' in Palo Alto
Palo Alto officials often talk about 2012 as the "year of infrastructure" in the city, but one wouldn't know it by looking at the City Council's newly adopted priority list.[Saturday, January 21, 2012]