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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
Study: If Churchill intersection is closed, road improvements could mostly handle increased traffic
With Palo Alto debating a contentious proposal to close Churchill Avenue to traffic near the railroad tracks, critics ask: What will happen to 9,800 cars that use Churchill every day to cross the tracks?[Thursday, January 9, 2020]
National groups: Don't make city's internal watchdogs report to those they're auditing
As Palo Alto considers significant changes to its auditor's office, national auditing organizations recently issued letters to the City Council, urging the city to preserve the office's independence.[Wednesday, January 8, 2020]
Contentious state housing bill returns — and with it, Palo Alto's polarizing housing debate
Responding to local concerns about the top-down mandates of his contentious bill, Senate Bill 50, state Sen. Scott Wiener this week revised the bill to allow cities to craft their own zoning laws to facilitate home construction.[Wednesday, January 8, 2020]
Police nab 5 teens for auto burglaries near Greer Park
Palo Alto police caught five teenagers on Monday in connection with eight auto burglaries in the area around Greer Park, according to a news release the Police Department issued Tuesday.[Tuesday, January 7, 2020]
Fine, DuBois to lead Palo Alto council in 2020
Adrian Fine, one of Palo Alto’s most passionate housing advocates, will have a chance to directly shape the City Council agenda this year after getting the nod to serve as mayor in 2020. Tom DuBois was named vice mayor.[Monday, January 6, 2020]
City faces color quandary over bus shelters at Stanford Research Park
A proposal by Stanford Research Park to build bus shelters on its campus earned a mixed reception last month, with some Palo Alto officials raising concerns about the idea of branding public land with the university's famous colors.[Wednesday, January 8, 2020]
New plans envision housing, retail at former Fry's site
With Fry's Electronics officially fading out of Palo Alto last week after three decades of operations, city officials are now wrestling with a critical question: What comes next?[Wednesday, January 1, 2020]
The era of Fry's Electronics comes to an end in Palo Alto
After close to 30 years of operation, Fry's Electronics officially shut down its Palo Alto store on Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping vacancy in one of the city’s most hotly debated neighborhoods.[Friday, December 27, 2019]
With recycled water deal signed, attention shifts to contentious Baylands site
A landmark agreement between Palo Alto, Mountain View and Valley Water for expanding recycling water in the county is bringing attention to a site that has polarized local environmentalists.[Thursday, December 26, 2019]
Old Pizz'a Chicago building to make way for condos, offices
The Palo Alto City Council celebrated a rare and tiny victory on the housing front last week when members unanimously supported a proposed development with seven condominiums.[Monday, December 23, 2019]