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Gennady Sheyner

Staff Writer, Palo Alto Weekly / PaloAltoOnline.com

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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
GUILTY: Palo Alto man convicted of murder
Bulos "Paul" Zumot, 37, the Palo Alto hookah lounge owner who was charged with the Oct. 15, 2009, murder of his girlfriend, real-estate agent Jennifer Schipsi, was found guilty Thursday afternoon in a San Jose courtroom.
[Thursday, February 10, 2011]
Watchdogs project spiking costs for high-speed rail
California's high-speed-rail project would cost the state about $65 billion under projections released Wednesday afternoon by the Palo Alto-based rail watchdog group Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design (CARRD).
[Thursday, February 10, 2011]
Zumot's fate now in jury's hands
Depending on which attorney the jury believes, the case against Bulos Zumot is either a clear example of a toxic relationship reaching a deadly conclusion or a misguided attempt to lock up an innocent Palo Alto man based on shifty evidence. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19986 Bulos Zumot concludes testimony in his own murder trial] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19964 Zumot grilled over turbulent relationship with Schipsi]
[Tuesday, February 8, 2011]
Zumot concludes testimony in his own murder trial
When Bulos Zumot arrived at the scene of his burning cottage on Oct. 15, 2009, he began making calls to friends, co-workers and his landlord in hopes of locating his girlfriend, Jennifer Schipsi, Zumot testified at his arson-and-murder trial Monday. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19964 Zumot grilled over turbulent relationship with Schipsi] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19915 Defense begins its case in Zumot trial]
[Monday, February 7, 2011]
Zumot grilled over turbulent relationship with Schipsi
The two-year relationship between Bulos Zumot and Jennifer Schipsi was marked by a long sequence of fights, make-ups and police complaints -- often followed by retractions and reunions, according to testimony offered by witnesses over the course of Zumot's four-week trial. But Zumot maintained Friday, as he had earlier in the week, that he had never threatened Schipsi and that he wasn't responsible for her death on Oct. 15, 2009. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19926 Zumot breaks down on stand: 'I still love her'] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19915 Defense begins its case in Zumot trial] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19902 Witnesses recall Zumot's arson threats]
[Friday, February 4, 2011]
Stanford, Palo Alto forge 'smart' partnerships
Amit Narayan and Shiva Swaminathan arrived at their partnership from opposite directions.
[Friday, February 4, 2011]
Neighboring cities eye regional services
These days, city borders aren't what they used to be. Palo Alto began signing mutual-aid agreements in 1951, and it's not uncommon these days to see fire engines and police cruisers from neighboring towns routinely crossing city lines to assist their neighbors. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19949 Stanford, Palo Alto forge 'smart' partnerships]
[Friday, February 4, 2011]
Zumot breaks down on stand: 'I still love her'
Bulos "Paul" Zumot, the Palo Alto man facing murder and arson charges, took the stand in his own defense Wednesday afternoon and, fighting back tears, testified that he loved Jennifer Schipsi and was not responsible for her death. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19915 Defense begins its case in Zumot trial] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19902 Witnesses recall Zumot's arson threats] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=19851 Schipsi's friends say she felt she was in danger]
[Wednesday, February 2, 2011]
Defense begins its case in Zumot trial
The timeline of Bulos Zumot's actions on Oct. 15, 2009, continued to take center stage at Zumot's trial Tuesday as the prosecution rested its case and the defense began to call forth its witnesses.
[Tuesday, February 1, 2011]
Stanford, city near deal on hospital expansion
Stanford University's ambitious expansion of its hospital facilities will come with an equally ambitious traffic-management program that university officials hope will unclog some of Palo Alto's busiest intersections and smooth Stanford's path toward the city's approval.
[Monday, January 31, 2011]