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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 braces for rising water rates
Palo Altans could face years of steep water-rate increases, including a 12.5 percent jump in July, because of regional efforts to repair aged water infrastructure and spiking water-supply costs.[Monday, January 31, 2011]
High-speed rail authority cleared in ethics probe
The state agency responsible for ethics enforcement has completed its probe of the California High-Speed Rail Authority and concluded that the agency did not violate a state law governing gift disclosures.[Friday, January 28, 2011]
Palo Alto may file complaint on auto-dial 911 calls
Palo Alto is considering filing a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission after its emergency dispatch center was flooded with hundreds of automatic calls over a five-hour stretch in mid-January.[Friday, January 28, 2011]
Video places Zumot at his lounge just after fire
About eight minutes after Palo Alto firefighters received a call about a fire on Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, Bulos Zumot walked into the main room of Da Hookah Spot, his hookah lounge on University Avenue, according to a surveillance video a San Jose jury saw Tuesday. ■ [https://twitter.com/#!/paw_court Follow the trial on Twitter][Tuesday, January 25, 2011]
Espinosa pledges openness, urges civic involvement
Palo Alto has much to cheer about in 2011, but challenges that dominated the city's attention last year will remain front and center, Mayor Sid Espinosa told the crowd during his State of the City speech Monday night. ==B VIDEO: The full program and speech are online at== [http://www.communitymediacenter.net/watch/pacc_webcast/January/PACC_012411.html ==B www.communitymediacenter.net==].[Monday, January 24, 2011]
Zumot's lawyer attacks methods of cell expert
The attorney for Bulos Zumot launched a fresh attack Monday against a cell phone expert who helped the Palo Alto police track the locations of Zumot's and Jennifer Schipsi's phones in the days and hours before Schipsi's death.[Monday, January 24, 2011]
Palo Alto's smaller staff struggles with workload
After two years of big budget cuts and a wave of employee retirements, Palo Alto's shrinking staff is struggling to keep up with growing demands, City Manager James Keene warned the City Council Saturday at the council's annual retreat.[Sunday, January 23, 2011]
Stanford offers city $173M in hospital expansion 'benefits'
Stanford University Medical Center has offered Palo Alto a $173 million package of community benefits -- including an aggressive traffic-reduction program and funds for the city's climate-protection efforts -- in hopes of obtaining the city's approval for its colossal expansion project.[Wednesday, January 19, 2011]
Palo Altans love their town, dislike developments
Palo Alto residents generally love their city, but their enthusiasm plummets when it comes to new developments, a new survey indicates.[Tuesday, January 18, 2011]
Palo Alto gets high marks for 'quality of life'
Palo Altans seem to love their schools, parks and overall quality of life, but when it comes to things like public transportation, storm drainage and job opportunities, different parts of the city have radically different opinions, a new survey shows.[Tuesday, January 18, 2011]