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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 goes full throttle on airport takeover
Palo Alto's effort to take control of its airport began to lift off the ground Monday night after the City Council started a new fund to pay for airport operations.[Tuesday, December 7, 2010]
Fire Dept. blasted for poor planning, training
Consultants say Palo Alto's Fire Department suffers from years of shoddy planning, insufficient training, a "leadership malaise" and a rigid staffing system that makes it nearly impossible for the department to deploy firefighters efficiently.[Tuesday, December 7, 2010]
Experts urge 'thorough reassessment' of rail plans
Potentially fatal flaws are threatening California's proposed high-speed rail system, according to a new report by a panel of "peer group" experts. The six-member panel called for a "thorough reassessment" of key engineering, financial, economic and managerial issues.[Monday, December 6, 2010]
Palo Alto airport takeover faces major challenges
Palo Alto's effort to take over operations of the local airport from Santa Clara County is expected to get a lift tonight (Monday, Dec. 6), when the City Council considers opening a new city fund to pay for airport management -- but it won't be easy, new staff report warns.[Monday, December 6, 2010]
Palo Alto mulls deal with Children's Theatre group
Palo Alto's youngest actors will continue to participate in Children Theatre productions free of charge in exchange for a $35,000 donation from the theater's support group under a contract the City Council will weigh Monday night.[Friday, December 3, 2010]
City shuffles library sites to deal with construction
The Palo Alto Art Center auditorium could soon house about 10,000 books and other library items as part of the city's dizzying four-year game of "musical chairs" -- a process made necessary by the city's massive library renovation project.[Thursday, December 2, 2010]
Palo Alto eyes expansion of fiber network
There's a chance that Palo Alto's dream of a citywide ultra high-speed broadband network will come true later this month, when Google announces which community will host its highly coveted Google Fiber for Communities project.[Thursday, December 2, 2010]
School boards declare Simitian 'Legislator of the Year'
State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, who led the effort to require California children to turn five by Sept. 1 before they could enroll in kindergarten, Thursday (Dec. 2) was named the top legislator of 2010 by a statewide association of school officials. The California School Boards Association named the former Palo Alto mayor and school board member its "Outstanding Legislator of the Year" for his efforts to support funding for K-12 education and for his legislative efforts in the educational realm.[Thursday, December 2, 2010]
High-speed rail activities to slow down on Peninsula
California's high-speed rail project will begin between the small city of Corcoran and the unincorporated community of Borden in the Central Valley, the California High-Speed Rail Authority decided Thursday afternoon despite widespread criticism that the design would result in a "train to nowhere."[Thursday, December 2, 2010]
Groupon to expand its presence in Palo Alto
Groupon, a Chicago-based company that specializes in "daily deal" coupons for groups of consumers, is expanding its presence in Palo Alto, the company announced Wednesday.[Wednesday, December 1, 2010]