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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
Google fined $22.5M for privacy 'misrepresentations'
Google will be required to pay a $22.5 million penalty after the Federal Trade Commission charged the Mountain View-based Internet search giant with misrepresenting its privacy settings to its users.[Thursday, August 9, 2012]
Critics of high-speed rail prepare for next chapter
California's contentious drive to build a high-speed-rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles sped ahead last week, when state lawmakers approved funding for the first construction phase. But the $68 billion project still has to pass through a gauntlet of legal, financial and political obstacles before it becomes reality.[Monday, July 16, 2012]
High-speed rail receives Senate OK
Construction of California's controversial high-speed-rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles is ready to launch, following a dramatic vote by the state Senate Friday afternoon.[Friday, July 6, 2012]
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.[Friday, July 6, 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]
Caltrain looks to bolster service
Spurred by a swelling number of commuters, Caltrain plans to bolster its weekday service by adding six trains.[Monday, June 11, 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.[Wednesday, June 6, 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. ==B Related story:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25548 High-Speed Rail Authority names new CEO][Friday, June 1, 2012]
Seven injured in crash near Palo Alto-Mountain View border
A traffic collision involving an Airport shuttle van and three other vehicles in Palo Alto late Wednesday night sent seven people to the hospital, one with serious injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol and the Palo Alto Fire Department.[Thursday, May 17, 2012]