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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
To reduce waste, Palo Alto takes aim at demolition
In its latest bid to curb construction waste, Palo Alto is preparing to effectively ban contractors from demolishing entire buildings starting in July 2020.[Tuesday, July 9, 2019]
Planning Commission backs Stanford's campus expansion
Stanford University's bid to massively expand its campus received the Santa Clara County Planning Commission's endorsement Thursday with a 7-0 recommendation of a new general use permit to govern Stanford's growth over two decades.[Thursday, June 27, 2019]
Artist seeks to capture the order — and chaos — of emergency response
Before Peter Wegner developed his art concept for Palo Alto's new public-safety building, he decided to see the world through the eyes of an emergency responder.[Thursday, June 27, 2019]
Palo Alto Chamber hires nonprofit veteran as new CEO
Charlie Weidanz, who has helped lead Abilities United and various other Peninsula nonprofits over the past three decades, will be the new chief executive officer of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, the organization announced Tuesday.[Wednesday, June 26, 2019]
Palo Alto banks on fiber to transform utilities
After nearly 20 years of trying -- and failing -- to expand the city's fiber ring, Palo Alto leaders are now flirting with a new vision for the valuable underground network: using it as a launch pad for transforming local utilities.[Tuesday, June 25, 2019]
Car dealership gets green light for former Ming's site
A contentious proposal to build a Mercedes-Benz and Audi dealership in the Baylands won the City Council's approval Monday night, despite concerns from citizens and major reservations from the city’s Architectural Review Board.[Tuesday, June 25, 2019]
Stanford pitches $4.7B deal to county for campus expansion
Stanford University offered the county a deal on Monday that would commit $4.7 billion toward housing, transportation projects and public schools in exchange for approval of the university's expansion plans.[Monday, June 24, 2019]
Palo Alto eager to start work on new bike bridge over Adobe Creek
After years of delays, debates and design revisions, Palo Alto is preparing to break ground on a new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 at Adobe Creek this fall.[Saturday, June 22, 2019]
Palo Alto bans new cell towers next to public schools
Bowing to concerns from residents, the Palo Alto City Council agreed this week to ban the installation of wireless equipment within 300 feet of public schools.[Wednesday, June 19, 2019]
Palo Alto renews push toward business tax
As one of few cities in the area without a business tax, Palo Alto is preparing to shed that label in November 2020.[Tuesday, June 18, 2019]