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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
Palo Alto to bid for site near Boulware Park
Palo Alto officials gave Ventura residents something to cheer about on Monday night, when they voiced unanimous support for buying a site next to Boulware Park and expanding the small but bustling park.[Tuesday, February 26, 2019]
Palo Alto police investigate robbery outside Taco Bell
Palo Alto police are looking for three people who they said robbed a teenage boy of his phone outside a Taco Bell on East Charleston Road on Sunday afternoon.[Tuesday, February 26, 2019]
Critical utility positions go unfilled
Hampered by sky-high housing costs and a tight labor market, Palo Alto is struggling to fill critical positions in the Utilities Department, a challenge that city leaders expect will get steeper after an expected wave of December retirements.[Wednesday, February 27, 2019]
Downtown to see more roof decks
What began as a proposal by one Palo Alto company to install a roof deck at its workplace evolved on Monday into a new law that could jazz up the rooftops of more than 100 downtown buildings.[Tuesday, February 26, 2019]
Future of auditor's office uncertain
With City Auditor Harriet Richardson concluding her Palo Alto tenure this month, city officials are preparing to hire a consultant to manage the office while the City Council consider its long-term future.[Friday, February 22, 2019]
In a bid to woo Google, Palo Alto shared confidential utility information
Newly released documents reveal that the city of Palo Alto, in its effort to join Google Fiber Cities program, provided the tech giant with sensitive information about Palo Alto's transmission systems, manholes, infrastructure-maintenance plans and properties that the city had designated as confidential -- not just once but at least four times.[Thursday, February 21, 2019]
Palo Alto plans to relax rules for roof decks
Seeking to encourage more roof decks, patios and gardens in the downtown area, Palo Alto officials are preparing to relax the zoning rules for some of the area’s tallest buildings.[Thursday, February 21, 2019]
City looks to buy land near Boulware Park
Palo Alto is preparing to make an offer on a Birch Street property that city leaders hope to transform into parkland as part of a broader plan to redevelop Ventura neighborhood.[Wednesday, February 20, 2019]
Report: Inequality on the rise in Silicon Valley
Despite a sizzling economy and an influx of wealth, Silicon Valley remains a bastion of inequality, with more residents now struggling to afford the growing costs of housing, child care and transportation, according to a newly released snapshot of the regional economy.[Friday, February 15, 2019]
Animal shelter employees get severance bonuses
With Pets In Need taking over Palo Alto’s animal-services operation, the city is raising its severance payments to the five employees who are facing layoffs as a result of the new partnership.[Thursday, February 14, 2019]