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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
Panel finds flaws in high-speed-rail forecasts
The California agency charged with building America's first high-speed-rail system has been using a flawed forecasting model to predict ridership for the proposed system, a peer-review panel concluded in a report that largely confirms previous criticism from transportation experts and rail watchdogs. ==B Related story:== [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=21999 Rail exec's resignation prompts call for reform][Monday, August 1, 2011]
Police search for suspect in Palo Alto robbery
Palo Alto police fanned out throughout Old Palo Alto Monday in search of a man who may have been involved in a robbery outside Wells Fargo Bank.[Monday, August 1, 2011]
Firefighters try to keep labor reform off ballot
Palo Alto's firefighters union has filed a complaint with a state labor-relations board claiming that the city broke the law by placing a repeal of binding arbitration on the November ballot without first consulting the union.[Friday, July 29, 2011]
Palo Alto speeds ahead with traffic-calming projects
The ongoing debate about traffic-calming projects in Palo Alto is almost certain to become more common and more vehement in the coming months as the city's multi-pronged effort to slow down traffic and turn the city into a bicycling Mecca expands to just about every section of the city.[Friday, July 29, 2011]
Palo Alto's airport takeover delayed until 2013
Palo Alto's plan to take over operation of Palo Alto Airport has fallen behind schedule because of vacancies and turnover in the city staff, according to a new report from the city manager's office.[Thursday, July 28, 2011]
Palo Alto eyes slew of bicycle improvements
Palo Alto's ambitious effort to overtake Portland, Ore., and become the nation's top bicycling destination includes expanded bike lanes, improved trails and at least three new bicycle boulevards under a plan the city unveiled Tuesday night. ==B Caption:== The newly installed bicycle parking corral in front of Coupa Cafe in downtown Palo Alto is already full of bicycles. ==B Photo by Veronica Weber/Palo Alto Online.==[Wednesday, July 27, 2011]
City banks on Stanford cash for major projects
Palo Alto officials are just starting the long process of allocating about $40 million that the city is scheduled to receive from Stanford University Medical Center. But the City Council agreed on Monday the funds should not be used to balance budgets but rather to fund big, ambitious projects with visible, long-term impacts.[Tuesday, July 26, 2011]
Palo Alto's largest union agrees to pay freeze
With fiscal deficits looming on Palo Alto's horizon, pay freezes have become the new normal for the city's largest workers union.[Tuesday, July 26, 2011]
Palo Alto adds fee to garbage bills
Palo Alto's garbage rates are scheduled to rise in the fall for the second year in a row, but this time every residential bill will feel the same impact. The City Council voted Monday to add a $4.62 fee to every residential bill.[Tuesday, July 26, 2011]
City ponders how to spend $40M from Stanford
Palo Alto will have almost $40 million at its disposal to spend on health programs, affordable housing, infrastructure and green initiatives as part of its recently approved agreement with the Stanford University Medical Center. The City Council will consider tonight ways to spend these funds.[Monday, July 25, 2011]