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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
FAA vows to take fresh look at flight paths, altitudes
Responding to a rising volume of complaints about airplane noise, the Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to take a fresh look at flight paths, plane altitudes and new procedures that would bring some peace to the afflicted skies above San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.[Tuesday, November 17, 2015]
Eshoo's bills aim to lower volume on aircraft noise
Responding to an upswell of concern from local residents about increasing airplane noise, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo on Nov. 6 unveiled a pair of bills that designed to restore some peace to local skies.[Wednesday, November 11, 2015]
Peninsula cities call for new Bus Rapid Transit options
A proposal to create bus-only lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose has hit a political speed bump, with a committee of elected officials from cities along the corridor coming out against the controversial reconfiguration and requesting an analysis of new alternatives.[Thursday, October 29, 2015]
Peninsula cities call for new Bus Rapid Transit options
A proposal to create bus-only lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose has hit a political speed bump, with a committee of elected officials from cities along the corridor coming out against the controversial reconfiguration and requesting an analysis of new alternatives.[Wednesday, October 28, 2015]
Larry Ellison buys Epiphany Hotel in Palo Alto
Larry Ellison, one of Silicon Valley's wealthiest and most extravagant high-tech titans, has added to his collection of riches one of downtown Palo Alto's most visible properties: the Epiphany on Hamilton Avenue.[Tuesday, September 15, 2015]
High-speed rail shifts focus back to the Bay Area
After gaining some momentum in the Central Valley, California's beleaguered high-speed rail project is now hoping for a fresh start – and a smoother journey – on the Peninsula.[Wednesday, September 9, 2015]
In city's new wage law, a modest proposal
The regional wave toward a higher minimum wage this week swept through Palo Alto, where city officials set aside their differences and happily united behind a law setting the local rate at $11 an hour, topping Mountain View's current rate of $10.30.[Friday, August 28, 2015]
Cities challenge VTA on transportation funding
With the regional push for a transportation tax measure cruising toward November 2016, Palo Alto, Mountain View and other cities in northern part of Santa Clara County are joining forces to make sure their needs don't get overshadowed by San Jose's.[Tuesday, August 18, 2015]
Conflict-of-interest concern trips up recycled-water project
Nearly three decades after Palo Alto began using recycled water to irrigate the local golf course and a portion of Mountain View, the city is considering expanding the practice to the lush corporate campuses of Stanford Research Park. Yet a discussion of this project ended abruptly on Wednesday after the Utilities Advisory Commission suddenly found itself without a quorum.[Thursday, August 6, 2015]
Berman, Kasperzak off to fast starts in bid for Sacramento
The primary election is still nearly a year away but the two leading contenders to replace Assemblyman Rich Gordon in Sacramento have hit the ground running, with each raising more than $100,000 and picking up a list of endorsements from regional dignitaries.[Tuesday, July 21, 2015]