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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
Update: Missing woman found
Palo Alto police have located the woman who went missing Tuesday morning after she walked out of Palo Alto Medical Foundation, according a statement from the department.[Tuesday, January 23, 2024]
Despite lofty goals, Palo Alto is behind schedule on climate-change programs
When the City Council named climate change one of its top priorities a year ago, it approved an ambitious list of green programs that it wanted the city to achieve before the end of 2023. Now, however, most are running behind schedule.[Wednesday, January 24, 2024]
Easement vote boosts Castilleja's bid to build underground garage
Castilleja School's controversial effort to rebuild its Bryant Street campus received a boost on Monday night when the City Council approved its plan to relocate a public utility easement that was created more than 30 years ago.[Monday, January 22, 2024]
The reckoning, part 2: How Palo Alto police investigated their own following a violent 2018 arrest
It took the Palo Alto Police Department more than a year for its internal investigation into a violent 2018 arrest by one of its officers to really take off. By that time, news of the highly questionable conduct was spreading fast.[Monday, January 22, 2024]
The reckoning, part 3: How a process to protect an accused police officer instead sided with his chief
Watchdogs have characterized binding arbitration as a barrier to police accountability. So in 2021, when Palo Alto police's top brass had to fire one of their own, they faced a steep hurdle: convincing an arbitrator to allow the move.[Tuesday, January 23, 2024]
The reckoning, part 1: How a violent arrest forced out two veteran Palo Alto cops
On Sept. 1, 2021, former Palo Alto Police Agent Thomas DeStefano received a strongly worded letter from then-Police Chief Robert Jonsen informing him that he was being fired. This is the story of how that decision came about.[Monday, January 22, 2024]
$20K reward offered for information about Taco Bell robbery, police say
The nonprofit group Mothers Against Murder is offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest of the man who robbed at gunpoint a Taco Bell in south Palo Alto last month.[Friday, January 19, 2024]
Employee at Mike's Diner Bar investigated for embezzlement
Police are investigating an employee for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from Mike's Diner Bar, a Midtown institution that was recently saved from eviction.[Thursday, January 18, 2024]
New coalition looks to revive effort to build Palo Alto gym
A new coalition that includes former mayors, philanthropists, athletes and civic volunteers is spearheading a $33-million campaign to revive a popular project: building Palo Alto's first city-owned gym.[Thursday, January 18, 2024]
Bill aims to crack down on AI-generated child pornography
As artificial intelligence blurs the lines between real and fake, state Assembly member Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, is introducing a law that would make it illegal to use AI technology to generate child pornography.[Thursday, January 18, 2024]