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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
Stanford hospitals struggle to keep employees from driving to work
When Stanford University received permission in 2011 to construct new hospitals and medical buildings, it pledged to steer its workers away from cars and toward buses, trains and shuttles. The pandemic has disrupted these plans.[Wednesday, October 18, 2023]
Stymied by red tape, Caltrain looks to repair rail bridge after storm damage
Facing the prospect of another wet winter, Palo Alto and Menlo Park are keeping a particularly watchful eye on the San Francisquito Creek rail bridge, an aged span where Caltrain found bank erosion after the Dec. 31 storm.[Wednesday, October 18, 2023]
After decades of building and buying in surrounding cities, Stanford must build most housing on campus
Stanford University will now have to look to its own campus for space for future residential construction under a plan that Santa Clara County supervisors approved Tuesday afternoon.[Tuesday, October 17, 2023]
A Cubberley breakthrough? Council looks to strike a deal to spur redevelopment
Eager for a breakthrough after a decade of scuttled plans and shattered dreams, the Palo Alto City Council endorsed on Monday a proposal to expand the city's control of Cubberley Community Center through a long-term ground lease.[Monday, October 16, 2023]
Palo Alto council members denounce hate after 'Zoom bomb' disruptions
Minutes after honoring victims in Israel and Gaza with an expression of solidarity and a moment of silence, the Palo Alto City Council found itself confronted by racist and anti-Semitic comments during the public comment period.[Monday, October 16, 2023]
Citing community concerns, Palo Alto to revisit strategy for burying electric lines
The Palo Alto City Council will have a rare chance later this year to revisit the city's decision to stop burying overhead electric lines underground in residential neighborhoods, according to Utilities Department staff.[Monday, October 16, 2023]
Zone changes aim to meet housing surge in south Palo Alto
Palo Alto's plans to create a new housing hub on a stretch of El Camino Real received rave reviews this week from area developers, though some planning commissioners raised concerns about community impacts.[Friday, October 13, 2023]
Berman's election bills advance with governor's signature
On Oct. 10 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of election bills authored by Assembly member Marc Berman, including legislation that aims to improve ballot design and explicitly bans "double voting" in different states.[Wednesday, October 11, 2023]
Eager to redevelop Cubberley, Palo Alto explores long-term lease with school district
Hoping to revive the city's languishing effort to rebuild Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada is proposing a 55-year lease with the school district that would give the city more land for redevelopment.[Thursday, October 12, 2023]
'Surreal and horrific.' Thousands gather in Palo Alto to support Israel after Hamas attacks
In a broad show of solidarity with Israel, about 2,000 residents and more than a dozen religious leaders came to Palo Alto on Tuesday to light candles, sing and pray for the civilians who were killed, wounded or abducted by Hamas.[Wednesday, October 11, 2023]