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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
New deal on Stanford hospital expansion
Palo Alto and the Stanford University Medical Center reached a breakthrough Wednesday on a financial agreement that could pave the way for Stanford's massive expansion of its hospital facilities.[Thursday, April 21, 2011]
Caltrain aims to keep all 86 trains running
Caltrain would keep all of its 86 weekday trains running for the next year if the agency's board of directors approves on Thursday the staff's latest proposal.[Wednesday, April 20, 2011]
Caltrain eyes providing 'initial' high-speed-rail service
With California officials looking toward Central Valley as the launching point for the state's controversial high-speed-rail line, Caltrain is looking for ways in which it can play a central role in accommodating high-speed train service on the Peninsula.[Thursday, April 21, 2011]
Simitian's green-energy bill clears Legislature
A proposal by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, to require California utilities to obtain a greater share of their electricity from renewable sources is now one signature away from becoming the law of the land.[Wednesday, March 30, 2011]
New Children's Hospital design wins praise
After more than two years of public hearings and design tweaks, an ambitious proposal to renovate and expand the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital cleared a major hurdle last week when Palo Alto's Architectural Review Board enthusiastically backed the project.[Tuesday, March 29, 2011]
Simitian backs bill to limit sales of drugs with DXM
A proposal by two Palo Alto police officers to limit the sale of certain cough medicines to minors is one of four constituent-generated ideas that state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, is introducing as part of his "Oughta be a Law" contest.[Friday, March 4, 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.[Sunday, January 30, 2011]
Panel urges '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.[Tuesday, December 7, 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."[Friday, December 3, 2010]
High-speed rail may debut between small Central Valley cities
California's proposed high-speed rail line, which state officials say will compete with airports and connect San Francisco to Los Angeles, would debut with a 65-mile segment between the small Central Valley cities of Borden and Corcoran under the latest proposal from California High-Speed Rail Authority engineers.[Friday, November 26, 2010]