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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
Judge won't reopen high-speed-rail challenge
A last-ditch effort by Menlo Park, Atherton and a coalition of nonprofit groups to reopen its lawsuit against the California High-Speed Rail Authority remains alive for at least a few more days after a Sacramento Court judge agreed Friday to delay his final ruling on the coalition's latest legal challenge.[Tuesday, August 24, 2010]
Rail directors told to lie low in Midpeninsula
Two members of the California High-Speed Rail Authority board of directors have been advised by agency staff not to participate in public hearings on the Midpeninsula, where residents and elected officials have persistently criticized and occasionally jeered the voter-approved rail project.[Monday, August 9, 2010]
Tunneling dropped as Midpeninsula rail option
Deep tunnels and covered trenches have been dropped as alternatives for the Palo Alto/Midpeninsula portion of the state's high-speed-line under the latest plan from the California High Speed Rail Authority, officials disclosed today (Thursday).[Thursday, August 5, 2010]
Feature story: Waste not, want not?
Trapped by a garbage system that's draining city funds, Palo Alto seeks to overhaul its obsolete waste-management model. ==B Photos by Kimihiro Hoshino/Palo Alto Online.== ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=17734 Palo Alto's compost debate could go to voters][Saturday, July 31, 2010]