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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 prepares to cut more than 70 positions as revenues plummet
Facing a public outcry about proposals to cut funding for art and teen programs, the City Council moved Tuesday to restore some funding while cutting dozens of City Hall jobs.[Tuesday, May 26, 2020]
Revised budget would keep College Terrace Library open, limit cuts to teen programs
Palo Alto would keep the College Terrace Library open, partially restore funding for teen and arts programs and limit its cuts to police under City Manager Ed Shikada's updated budget proposal.[Friday, May 22, 2020]
Under a new name, Palo Alto Housing looks beyond its hometown
Palo Alto Housing, a nonprofit developer that has been building affordable housing for 50 years, has changed its name to Alta Housing, a move that signals the expansion of its ambitions.[Thursday, May 21, 2020]
Funding boost allows local nonprofits to offer more food, rent relief during pandemic
Facing a surge of demand for services, as well as new grant opportunities, some Palo Alto nonprofits are seeing the pandemic as a time for growth and transformation.[Wednesday, May 20, 2020]
Palo Alto to cut funding for planning, transportation as revenues drop
With the city's finances sputtering, Palo Alto plans to reduce planning staff, eliminate its shuttle program and turn to license-plate readers to enforce residential parking programs.[Wednesday, May 20, 2020]
With new vaping ban, Palo Alto expects smoke shops to shutter
Palo Alto's elected leaders agonized on Monday night over a seemingly impossible question: How can you ban sales of vaping products without killing smoke shops?[Tuesday, May 19, 2020]
Palo Alto managers plan to take pay cut during budget crisis
With Palo Alto facing a gaping budget deficit, City Manager Ed Shikada said Monday that he plans to take a 20% pay cut and that managers at City Hall will give back 15% of their salaries.[Tuesday, May 19, 2020]
Santa Clara County to allow curbside retail pickups starting Friday
Book shops, clothing stores and other businesses in Santa Clara County that allow storefront pickup can start reopening Friday, provided they can limit their employee count and demonstrate their compliance with social-distancing rules.[Monday, May 18, 2020]
Historic Resources Board endorses plan for contentious President Hotel conversion
The proposal to renovate the iconic President Hotel building and convert it from an apartment complex to a hotel received a key endorsement last week from the Historic Resources Board.[Monday, May 18, 2020]
Walgreens to shutter downtown Palo Alto store next month
The Walgreens store on University and Bryant avenues will permanently close in June as part of the company's cost management program announced last year.[Thursday, May 14, 2020]