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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
Q&A with the top cop: On car break-ins
The Weekly recently sat down with Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen to discuss recent cases involving use of force, the surge in car break-ins and his vision for the department. This is the first installment in a four-part series.[Friday, March 13, 2020]
Q&A with the top cop
In a wide-ranging interview with the Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen discusses several controversial cases involving his officers, the value of community input and his expectations of his staff.[Friday, March 13, 2020]
Train, bus agencies unfazed by the new coronavirus — despite fewer riders
Despite plummeting ridership and growing anxieties about the new coronavirus, transportation agencies are planning to keep trains and buses running on their regular schedules -- at least for now.[Tuesday, March 10, 2020]
Fire station. Garage. Bike bridge. Palo Alto prepares for ribbon-cutting season.
Six years after the City Council embarked on an ambitious infrastructure plan, Palo Alto is entering ribbon-cutting season, with the first project on the list crossing the finish line this month.[Tuesday, March 10, 2020]
With coronavirus spreading, Palo Alto scraps, postpones dozens of gatherings
The grand opening of a new fire station. A sustainability workshop. A town hall to discuss new designs for the rail corridor. These scheduled events, and dozens of others, will be canceled because of the coronavirus threat.[Monday, March 9, 2020]
Police auditor raises flags about Taser use by Palo Alto officers
A new police auditors report raises concerns about Taser use and suggests that the city delayed the report's issuance to ensure a case involving a racial slur didn't get covered.[Thursday, March 5, 2020]
Fine shares the spotlight, highlights housing challenges in 'State of the City' speech
On Wednesday, Mayor Adrian Fine took an approach that both felt familiar in a city where tech is king and that broke sharply with all prior mayoral addresses: crowdsourcing.[Thursday, March 5, 2020]
Armed man robs CVS pharmacy, flees with prescription drugs
Palo Alto police are looking for a man who entered the Midtown CVS pharmacy on Sunday afternoon, indicated that he had a gun and made off with prescription drugs.[Wednesday, March 4, 2020]
Palo Alto police nab 2 men in connection with Midtown Safeway robbery
Two of three men who allegedly robbed the Midtown Safeway at gunpoint in January and making off with prescription drugs have been arrested, Palo Alto police announced in a press release Tuesday.[Tuesday, March 3, 2020]
Get ready, Palo Alto. Scooters are about to hit the streets.
After two years of delays, Palo Alto is preparing to join the electric scooter era this spring, when the city plans to start inviting companies to roll out their motorized fleets on local streets.[Tuesday, March 3, 2020]