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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, Stanford reach financial agreement on massive hospital expansion
Palo Alto and the Stanford University Medical Center reached a breakthrough Wednesday on a financial agreement that could pave the way for Stanford's massive expansion of its hospital facilities -- the largest construction project in the city's history.[Wednesday, April 20, 2011]
Caltrain aims to keep all 86 trains running
Caltrain would keep all of its 86 weekday trains running for the next year if the agency's board of directors approves on Thursday staff's latest proposal.[Wednesday, April 20, 2011]
New rail plan wins praise from Palo Alto officials
One day after he unveiled a new vision for high-speed rail, state Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) earned praise from Palo Alto officials who hailed the new plan as "constructive" and representative of the city's concerns.[Tuesday, April 19, 2011]
AT&T drops plan for cell tower at Palo Alto church
AT&T has abandoned its plan to install a cell tower at St. Albert the Great Church in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood after the church withdrew from the proposal, AT&T and church officials said.[Tuesday, April 19, 2011]
Caltrain eyes providing 'initial' high-speed-rail service
With California officials looking toward Central Valley as the launching point for the state's controversial high-speed-rail line, Caltrain is looking for ways in which it can play a central role in accommodating high-speed train service on the Peninsula.[Monday, April 18, 2011]
Train hits car in Palo Alto, kills out-of-town driver
A woman was killed on the Caltrain tracks Friday afternoon when the car she was driving was struck by a train shortly after 5 p.m. at the Charleston Road crossing. The driver, a woman in her 60s from Indiana, was heading eastbound on Charleston when her Nissan Altima was struck by a northbound Express train.[Friday, April 15, 2011]
Palo Alto won't ask for massage-client info
Palo Alto's new massage ordinance will not require businesses to keep detailed client logs for possible use during criminal investigations, Interim City Attorney Donald Larkin said Thursday.[Thursday, April 14, 2011]
Earth Day events to sprout in Palo Alto this month
From zooming electric cars to blooming "green" buildings, Palo Alto's environmentalists have much to smile about these days. As the city prepares for Earth Day, April 22, its green efforts and ambitions are taking center stage at local classrooms, environmental nonprofits and City Hall, where officials are seeking to raise the conservation bar even further.[Thursday, April 14, 2011]
City management, firefighters head to arbitration
After nearly a year of talks, Palo Alto's management and its firefighters are preparing to take their heated labor dispute to binding arbitration.[Thursday, April 14, 2011]
Palo Alto sued over Cal Ave streetscape plan
A Palo Alto resident and a California Avenue merchant have filed a lawsuit against the city this week, claiming that the city violated environmental law when it approved a streetscape project for the California Avenue business district in February.[Wednesday, April 13, 2011]