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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 seeks tens of millions from Stanford expansion
With Santa Clara County and Stanford University now ramping up their negotiations over the university's ambitious growth plan, Palo Alto is asking the county to require Stanford to contribute significant funding for improvements to local rail crossings, bike paths, parks and planning efforts for the downtown area.[Tuesday, February 5, 2019]
Police locate missing woman
A 61-year-old woman with a medical condition who was reported missing on Saturday afternoon and who was last seen in Palo Alto was found the following morning, police said.[Saturday, February 2, 2019]
Palo Alto's new priorities: Climate change, transportation, rail and finances
Palo Alto's elected leaders will devote extra energy in 2019 toward addressing the city's transportation challenges, getting local finances in order, picking new designs for the rail crossings and take more aggressive action on addressing climate change, the City Council decided at its annual retreat Saturday.[Saturday, February 2, 2019]
President Hotel tenants get brief reprieve
The few remaining residents of President Hotel will now have until the end of February to pack up their belongings and vacate their apartments.[Friday, February 1, 2019]
Zoning ordinance creates hurdle for President Hotel conversion
In a bid to correct a zoning error, Palo Alto's planning commissioners endorsed an ordinance on Wednesday that will restore the right of owners of downtown buildings that are out of compliance with city code to use the building for different purposes -- with one notable exception.[Thursday, January 31, 2019]
President Hotel owner warned about lease law
Preparing for a potential eviction of tenants from President Hotel, Palo Alto formally notified the building's new owner Tuesday about the city's requirement that tenants be offered a one-year lease agreement -- a rule that has not been followed or enforced at the historic apartment building.[Wednesday, January 30, 2019]
Cities prepare to buy Media Center's headquarters
A Palo Alto-led consortium of cities is preparing to buy the Media Center's headquarters in a deal that would effectively allow the local nonprofit to use the fees from cable bills to support its daily operations.[Wednesday, January 30, 2019]
Zone changes aim to bring housing to Palo Alto
On Monday, the Palo Alto City Council approved a slew of zoning revisions that speed up the approval process and grant density bonuses to certain residential projects around California Avenue and along El Camino Real.[Tuesday, January 29, 2019]
Nonprofit tries to get reprieve for President Hotel tenants
As tenants of President Hotel brace for eviction next week, a local nonprofit that focuses on fair-housing services issued a letter on Friday to the building owner, requesting that two of the remaining residents be granted a temporary reprieve because of their disabilities.[Friday, January 25, 2019]
Plans advance for new Cubberley Community Center
After years of delays and uncertainty, Palo Alto’s new vision for a new and improved Cubberley Community Center is now coming into focus, with a new health center, expanded art facilities, a swimming pool and space for a new school all included in a new plan for the eclectic but dilapidated campus in south Palo Alto.[Friday, January 25, 2019]