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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
20,000 businesses in Palo Alto — or 3,000? Consultant didn't find the other 17,000
Despite vowing to reform its beleaguered business-registry program and hiring a consultant to lead the effort last year, Palo Alto has little to show for its efforts, according to a new review by the Office of the City Auditor.[Monday, July 29, 2019]
Hot construction market stalls fire station project in Palo Alto
A sizzling construction market has dampened Palo Alto's progress on replacing the Rinconada Park fire station, which remains a work very much in progress -- a fortress of exposed Sheetrock enveloped by scaffolding.[Wednesday, July 24, 2019]
Palo Alto treads cautiously on expanding Foothills Park access
A fresh effort to expand access to Foothills Park is reopening an old debate, with some residents saying that it's time let more people in and others arguing that doing so would imperil the very qualities that make the park special.[Wednesday, July 24, 2019]
Video shows police forcefully arresting Palo Alto man outside his home. Now the incident's under investigation.
Surveillance footage showing Palo Alto police officers arresting, mocking and slamming a resident of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park against a car windshield has fueled allegations that officers acted illegally and used excessive force.[Wednesday, July 24, 2019]
Caltrain's new vision calls for tripling ridership by 2040
Caltrain's plan to expand and modernize its train system will hit a critical juncture next month, when the agency's board of directors considers a new proposal that would roughly triple ridership by 2040.[Tuesday, July 23, 2019]
Palo Alto hires new chief transportation official, taps new fire chief
Philip Kamhi, who had previously managed Palo Alto's parking programs, will return to City Hall to head the new Office of Transportation; Geoffrey "Geo" Blackshire has been tapped to serve as permanent fire chief, the city announced.[Thursday, July 18, 2019]
Castilleja's ambitious development plan would create significant traffic woes
With project plans still winding their way through the Palo Alto process, the school is entering a critical phase of the application review with the city's July 17 release of the much-anticipated draft environmental-impact report.[Wednesday, July 17, 2019]
New 'inclusive' playground planned for Rinconada Park
Inspired by the success of the Magical Bridge playground in Mitchell Park, Palo Alto officials are preparing to open the city's second "inclusive" playground as part of an upcoming renovation of Rinconada Park.[Friday, July 19, 2019]
Palo Alto City Hall managers get 3% raises in new contract
More than 200 City Hall employees, including department heads, managers and supervisors, received a 3% raise this month under a new contract that the Palo Alto City Council approved in its final meeting before the summer break.[Thursday, July 11, 2019]
Palo Alto looks to overhaul parking programs
To address long-simmering frustrations of Palo Alto residents and workers, city leaders are aiming to accelerate reform of neighborhood and downtown parking programs, starting in August.[Wednesday, July 10, 2019]