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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
Newsom scales back high-speed-rail plans
California's decadelong dream of building a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles hit a dead end in Sacramento on Tuesday, with Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring his plan to significantly scale back the hugely ambitious but deeply flawed project.[Tuesday, February 12, 2019]
Macy's Men's demolition to make way for Restoration Hardware
Stanford Shopping Center plans to demolish the blocky Macy's Men's building and add three new stores, including a tiered, three-story Restoration Hardware building with a restaurant and roof gardens.[Tuesday, February 12, 2019]
Palo Alto scraps downtown office cap
Palo Alto's bitter debate over how much commercial growth the city should accommodate heated up Monday night, when a divided City Council eliminated a 1986 law that limited non-residential development in the downtown area.[Tuesday, February 12, 2019]
Plan for downtown garage stalls
Palo Alto's multiyear effort to build a new downtown garage took a unexpected turn Monday night, when the City Council backed away from its earlier plan to construct the six-story structure on a Hamilton Avenue parking lot.[Monday, February 11, 2019]
Proposed downtown garage sparks debate
Palo Alto's debate over whether the city should build a new downtown garage will resume Monday, when the City Council considers approving the environmental analysis for what has become a divisive project.[Sunday, February 10, 2019]
New Cubberley vision comes together
After years of delay, a community effort to craft a new vision for Cubberley Community Center is now speeding ahead.[Friday, February 8, 2019]
Planning director sheds 'interim' status
Jonathan Lait, who has been serving as Palo Alto's interim planning director since April, will remain in the position on a permanent basis, City Manager Ed Shikada announced Wednesday.[Wednesday, February 6, 2019]
President Hotel owner applies for hotel conversion
The owner of President Hotel submitted this week its plan to convert the historic apartment building in downtown Palo Alto to a luxury hotel -- a controversial project that continues to face significant zoning hurdles.[Wednesday, February 6, 2019]
Residents seek more services, fewer cars for Ventura
Palo Alto's effort to redesign and ultimately redevelop a large portion of the Ventura neighborhood is stoking hopes among local residents about new parks, bikeways and housing developments, as well as anxieties about more cars cutting through the eclectic neighborhood just south of Oregon Expressway.[Tuesday, February 5, 2019]
Compromise on wireless equipment irks residents
The Palo Alto City Council narrowly approved on Monday a compromise on a wireless proposal that left both supporters and opponents feeling unsatisfied.[Tuesday, February 5, 2019]