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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
Barron Park survey shows strong support for referendum on Maybell development
A grassroots effort to reverse City Council's approval of a controversial development on Maybell Avenue is quickly gathering steam in Barron Park, where the neighborhood association just released a survey showing three quarters of the respondents supporting bringing the matter to a citywide vote.[Wednesday, July 3, 2013]
Palo Alto hires its first budget czar
Palo Alto has hired its first director of the new Office of Management and Budget, the latest addition to the city's expanding leadership team.[Wednesday, July 3, 2013]
Embarcadero Road gas station robbed at gunpoint
A Shell station on Embarcadero Road was robbed Tuesday morning by a hooded man who police said wore a handkerchief mask and wielded a handgun.[Tuesday, July 2, 2013]
Maybell project wins approval -- for now
Palo Alto on Friday afternoon put the finishing touches on approving a highly controversial development on Maybell Avenue, though the battle over the project appears to be far from over.[Monday, July 1, 2013]
Plastic bag era comes to an end in Palo Alto
For Palo Alto shoppers, the question "Paper or plastic?" officially becomes an anachronism Monday, as the city's new ban on plastic bags takes effect at all retail locations and paper bags become a costlier commodity.[Monday, July 1, 2013]
How the Mitchell Park Library construction went terribly wrong
How did Palo Alto's largest public project get so out of control? Dozens of documents reviewed by the Weekly help answer this question.[Friday, June 28, 2013]
Palo Alto highest in county for disability claims by police, firefighter retirees
More than half of Palo Alto's police officers and firefighters retired with disability benefits over the past five years, a rate that is almost double the average in Santa Clara County, according to a report released Thursday by the county's Civil Grand Jury.[Friday, June 28, 2013]
New golf course to uproot 500 trees in the Baylands
An ambitious overhaul of Palo Alto's golf course in the Baylands scored another victory Wednesday night when the city's planning commissioners gave the project a nod of endorsement despite concerns about a proposed gym at the golf course site and a planned removal of 500 trees.[Thursday, June 27, 2013]
Palo Alto launches contest for bike bridge design
Palo Alto leaders want their new bike bridge to be many things -- elegant, eco-friendly, unique, eye-catching, and above all affordable. On Monday, the council decided that the best way to get to the winning look is through a design competition.[Tuesday, June 25, 2013]
Council backs design contest for 101 bike bridge
Just two years ago, Palo Alto's proposed bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 was a pipe dream, one of the most expensive components of the city's new master plan for bicycle and pedestrian improvements.[Tuesday, June 25, 2013]