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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
Rail authority slammed for lax oversight of contracts
The agency charged with building a high-speed rail system violated state law when it awarded contracts for information-technology services without going through the mandatory bidding process, State Auditor Elaine Howle said.[Tuesday, January 24, 2012]
Rich Gordon to seek another term in state Assembly
Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, announced Thursday morning that he would seek a second term in Sacramento. Gordon, a veteran San Mateo County supervisor who was elected to the state Assembly in 2010, touted in his announcement his success during his freshman term.[Thursday, January 19, 2012]
Eshoo leads opposition to Stop Online Piracy Act
A pair of Capitol Hill proposals that target pirating of American content by foreign websites are drawing fierce opposition from major high-tech firms and making unlikely bedfellows out of legislators who oppose the bills. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, has emerged as of the act's leading opponents.[Wednesday, January 18, 2012]
Rail authority CEO to resign
California's quest to build the nation's first high-speed rail took another unexpected twist Thursday when the the man charged with leading the project announced he will resign in two months. Roelof van Ark, who was appointed to lead the California High-Speed Rail Authority in May 2010, announced his resignation at Thursday's meeting of the rail authority's board of directors.[Thursday, January 12, 2012]
Report: Halt state funding for high-speed rail
California's quest to build a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles suffered a heavy blow Tuesday.[Wednesday, January 4, 2012]
Create tax zone to pay for flood protection?
With federal funding up in the air, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park officials may look to residents who live near the volatile San Francisquito Creek to tax themselves in order to pay for flood protection.[Tuesday, December 13, 2011]
Opinion shifts against high-speed rail
As the price tag for California's proposed high-speed-rail system continues to swell, so does public opposition to the voter-approved project, a new poll has found.[Tuesday, December 6, 2011]
Tap water may turn milky on Peninsula
If Peninsula residents notice their tap water turning white or milky in the coming month, it's not just their imagination at work.[Sunday, December 4, 2011]
Plan to pay for high-speed rail draws fresh scrutiny
The California High-Speed Rail Authority's new business plan, which shows the price tag of the controversial project nearly tripling from initial estimates, is drawing a fresh wave of criticism from local officials, rail watchdogs and independent analysts who claim that the latest proposal to pay for the rail line would violate state law.[Wednesday, November 30, 2011]
High-speed rail hearing draws hundreds
Critics and supporters of California's proposed high-speed rail system faced off Tuesday in Palo Alto over a $98.5 billion question: Is the voter-approved project a desperately needed job engine or an out-of-control boondoggle that needs to be stopped?[Wednesday, November 16, 2011]