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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
Palo Alto adds 'chief communications officer' to leadership team
Palo Alto added a new position to its leadership team this week, tapping a former California State University executive to serve as the city's first "chief communications officer."[Wednesday, April 17, 2013]
Hope dims for Palo Alto's proposed police building
Palo Alto's long and tortuous path toward a new police headquarters took another frustrating twist Tuesday afternoon when city officials learned that the latest proposal for a new facility is unlikely to meet the needs of the police department.[Tuesday, April 16, 2013]
Palo Alto to beef up sidewalk requirements
In discussing Palo Alto's sidewalk dilemma, Councilwoman Karen Holman borrowed a line from writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who famously said that "architecture is frozen music." Recent developments, she said, suggest that Palo Alto is "out of tune."[Tuesday, April 16, 2013]
Palo Alto to install dozens of defibrillators
A network of defibrillators -- devices that restore regular heart rhythm to victims of cardiac arrest -- will soon be installed at police cars, parks, community centers, and other public facilities throughout Palo Alto.[Monday, April 15, 2013]
Palo Alto resident not amused by officer's text
The latest report from Palo Alto's independent police auditor has no smoking guns or damning allegations, but it does contain an incident involving a dating faux pas committed by an unnamed officer.[Sunday, April 14, 2013]
Palo Alto kicks off neighborhood-grant program
Palo Alto kicked off its latest experiment in engaging local neighborhoods on Friday, April 12, by launching a grant program geared at bringing neighbors closer together.[Friday, April 12, 2013]
Zone defense: Palo Alto tries to tackle unruly planning problem
A flood of development applications and ongoing disputes about "public benefits" have prompted Palo Alto officials to consider major changes to the city's most controversial zoning process.[Friday, April 12, 2013]
After two decades, Empire taps out
Empire Grill and Tap Room, a chic and polished fixture of downtown Palo Alto for more than 20 years, is preparing to close its doors later this month.[Friday, April 12, 2013]
Palo Alto city manager suffers collapsed lung
Palo Alto City Manager James Keene is recovering from a collapsed lung, which he suffered while running in South Carolina on Saturday.[Thursday, April 11, 2013]
Palo Alto set to adopt new, belated, housing vision
Palo Alto's newest vision for housing is at once a broad roadmap and a delicate compromise, a document that both expresses the city's values and that complies, however grudgingly, with state requirements. After years of revisions and negotiations, the ambitious document is finally on its way to getting approved.[Wednesday, April 10, 2013]