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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
Assembly passes bill to fund high-speed rail
A proposal to fund California's controversial high-speed-rail system rolled through the state Assembly late Thursday afternoon and now heads to the state Senate for possible approval Friday.[Thursday, July 5, 2012]
Bill to fund high-speed rail hangs in the balance
With residents preparing for holiday celebrations Tuesday night, lawmakers in Sacramento released in the closing hours of July 3 a much-anticipated bill for funding the largest transportation project in California's history.[Thursday, July 5, 2012]
Hill, Lieber poised for November showdown
Jerry Hill and Sally Lieber cruised to victory at Tuesday's primary election and will now square off in November for a chance to represent a newly formed Senate district in the heart of the Peninsula.[Tuesday, June 5, 2012]
Criticism greets new high-speed rail CEO
Jeff Morales, the newly hired CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, has been hailed as "exactly the right person to take the helm at this pivotal time." But some critics charge that Morales' work for Parsons Brinckerhoff, the firm that has been spearheading the beleaguered rail project, should disqualify him from the post.[Thursday, May 31, 2012]
High-speed-rail analysis sets stage for more lawsuits
The state agency charged with building California's high-speed rail system approved on Thursday a long-debated environmental analysis for the San Francisco-to-Los Angeles line -- a voluminous document that the project's opponents immediately characterized as an invitation to more lawsuits.[Friday, April 20, 2012]
High-speed rail critics eye fresh legal challenges
As state officials prepare to approve the environmental analysis for California's planned high-speed rail system, Peninsula cities are again gearing up to challenge the legality of the $68 billion project.[Thursday, April 12, 2012]
Update: High-speed rail price tag drops by $30B in new plan
California's proposed high-speed rail system would extend from the Central Valley to the Los Angeles Basin within the next decade and would cost $30 billion less than previous estimates indicated under a new business plan that the agency charged with building the system released this morning, April 2.[Monday, April 2, 2012]
High-speed rail price tag drops by $30 billion in new plan
The cost of California's proposed high-speed rail system would drop by $30 billion from earlier estimates under a revised business plan released this morning.[Monday, April 2, 2012]
Hackers swarm 'Super Happy Block Party'
Hackers, artists, entrepreneurs and self-proclaimed geeks of all stripes staged their own Occupy movement on a downtown block of Palo Alto Saturday afternoon -- though in this case, city officials were in on the game.[Sunday, April 1, 2012]
Hackers plan to take over downtown Palo Alto block
To the world at large, the word "hackers" is loaded with sinister connotations evoking computer viruses, stolen data and -- thanks to "The Social Network" -- young Ivy Leaguers sabotaging their university servers to rate sorority girls.[Saturday, March 31, 2012]