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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
Mayors urge for more COVID-19 testing sites in Santa Clara County
Mayors from every city in Santa Clara County co-signed a letter to county leaders this week offering their assistance in creating new testing sites.[Thursday, April 30, 2020]
Bay Area extends — and loosens — stay-at-home orders
The Bay Area's stay-at-home orders will stretch on until at least the end of May, though construction workers, gardeners and retailers that can accommodate physical distancing can get back to business on Monday.[Wednesday, April 29, 2020]
Stanford, UCSF join forces on two major studies to track COVID-19 spread
Seeking to answer critical questions about the spread of COVID-19, Stanford University and UC San Francisco are teaming up on two large studies that would track and test thousands of residents and health care workers.[Wednesday, April 29, 2020]
COVID-19 antibody studies spur debate, skepticism
A pair of studies conducted by researchers in Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties drew national attention this week with a finding that COVID-19 is much more widespread than public health officials had assumed.[Friday, April 24, 2020]
Los Angeles study backs Stanford researchers' conclusion about high prevalence of COVID-19
Days after Stanford University researchers suggested that COVID-19 cases in Santa Clara County are far more prevalent -- and less deadly -- than originally thought, a new study in Los Angeles County largely mirrored that conclusion.[Tuesday, April 21, 2020]
Stanford study: More than 48,000 Santa Clara County residents have likely been infected by coronavirus
The number of coronavirus infections in Santa Clara County could be between 50 and 80 times higher than the officially confirmed count, preliminary results from a community-based study by a team of Stanford researchers indicates.[Friday, April 17, 2020]
Stanford made COVID-19 tests available for health care workers. Now, it's considering wider distribution
As the scientific community races to create tests for COVID-19 and end the shutdown, Stanford University is trying to speed up the production of its new antibody test, which was made available to its health care workers last week.[Wednesday, April 15, 2020]
Supervisors denounce xenophobia as Asian American groups report more harassment
Responding to a reported increase in violence and harassment aimed at Asian Americans during the pandemic, the county passed a resolution denouncing xenophobia and pledging to combat hate crime.[Wednesday, April 8, 2020]
Santa Clara County hopeful about slowed growth in COVID-19 cases
In the latest sign that the Bay Area shutdown is effectively containing the spread of the coronavirus, Santa Clara County is seeing the rate of new cases gradually stabilize.[Tuesday, April 7, 2020]
Redwood City company shifts operations to make face shields for hospitals
Before the coronavirus pandemic rocked the world, Carbon used its printing technology to crank out midsoles for Adidas. Now, it has a new mission: supplying health care workers with face shields.[Wednesday, April 8, 2020]