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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
City set to pull the plug on sewage-burning incinerators
Palo Alto will celebrate its most significant environmental milestone in years on June 5, when the city retires the two incinerators that have been burning local sewage in the Baylands for nearly half a century.[Wednesday, May 22, 2019]
Scharff set to return to City Hall — this time as utilities commissioner
Former Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff will return to the dais at City Hall -- this time as one of the newest members of the Utilities Advisory Commission. Scharff was one of nearly a dozen residents to win commission appointments Monday.[Tuesday, May 21, 2019]
To get more housing built, Palo Alto looks to loosen rules on San Antonio Road
Months after Palo Alto revised its zoning rules to encourage new housing in downtown and around California Avenue, the City Council is preparing to extend the development incentives to San Antonio Road.[Tuesday, May 21, 2019]
Spurned by the FAA, Palo Alto may sue over airplane noise
With a new airplane route poised to increase traffic and noise over Palo Alto, the City Council agreed on Monday to consider suing the Federal Aviation Administration, which has a poor track record in responding to local concerns.[Tuesday, May 21, 2019]
Contentious state housing bill punted to 2020
Controversial Senate Bill 50 suffered a setback Thursday when the state Senate Appropriations Committee chair announced that the bill will not be brought for a hearing until 2020.[Thursday, May 16, 2019]
Transportation projects to get a boost in proposed budget
Signaling a renewed push to address local traffic and parking frustrations, the City Council's Finance Committee endorsed on Wednesday a proposal from City Manager Ed Shikada to add staff to the new Office of Transportation.[Thursday, May 16, 2019]
Caltrain's proposed four-track station could disrupt Palo Alto's rail-redesign plans
Caltrain's plan to expand its system could require the agency to construct a four-track segment in Palo Alto -- a proposal that could have significant ramifications on the city's own plans to redesign the rail corridor.[Wednesday, May 15, 2019]
Palo Alto prepares to revamp neighborhood parking programs
Seeking to bring some stability, simplicity and sanity to the city's complex patchwork of residential parking programs, the Palo Alto City Council embraced on Monday a new report that urges significant reforms.[Tuesday, May 14, 2019]
Citywide train-tunnel idea hits dead end
After nearly a decade of dreaming, debating and designing, Palo Alto's bid to build a train tunnel from the north end of the city to the south came to a screeching halt Monday night.[Tuesday, May 14, 2019]
Plan to build homes at Cubberley gets pushback
As Palo Alto gets closer to the finish line in its collaborative effort to redesign and rebuild Cubberley Community Center, one glaring question continues to divide residents and city leaders: What to do about housing?[Friday, May 10, 2019]