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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
More zone changes eyed to encourage housing
After approving a host of zoning changes last month to encourage more housing in the downtown area, the Palo Alto City Council is preparing to advance on Monday additional code revisions that will pave the way for denser residential developments on California Avenue and along El Camino Real.[Saturday, January 26, 2019]
Residents protest approval of Verizon equipment
A group of Palo Alto residents is sounding off against a decision by the city's top planning official to approve the installation of wireless equipment on five downtown streetlight poles -- a ruling that is now being challenged by both the project's sponsors and opponents.[Wednesday, January 23, 2019]
Palo Alto approves new deal for waste collection
China's recent decision to stop accepting most of the world's recyclable materials rippled through Palo Alto on Tuesday night, when city officials approved a new contract that explicitly requires the city's trash hauler to track the final destination of local recyclables.[Wednesday, January 23, 2019]
City struggles to decide on rail redesign
Despite widespread recognition that Palo Alto urgently needs to reconfigure its four rail crossings to accommodate increasing train traffic, the city's elected leaders remain paralyzed by indecision when it comes to identifying a set of preferred designs.[Wednesday, January 23, 2019]
Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus to depart
Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus, a City Hall veteran, will be stepping down at the end of February to start a new job as city manager of Westlake Village in Los Angeles County.[Friday, January 18, 2019]
Fueled by early success, Palo Alto TMA eyes expansion
The Palo Alto Transportation Management Association is now preparing to bring its traffic-fighting efforts to California Avenue, where it kicked off its outreach efforts on Wednesday.[Friday, January 18, 2019]
Survey: Anxieties rising about retiring in Palo Alto
As Palo Alto's population of seniors continues to grow, so are residents' anxieties about retiring in their hometown, according to a new survey released this week by the City Auditor's Office.[Friday, January 18, 2019]
City declines to interfere in President Hotel evictions
Residents of the President Hotel Apartments made a last-ditch plea on Monday night to the City Council to help them obtain an extension, a request that city officials indicated they are unlikely to entertain.[Wednesday, January 16, 2019]
Police: Man robbed of phone near Caltrain station
Palo Alto police are looking for three youths who reportedly robbed a man of his cellphone near the Caltrain station on University Avenue Monday evening, police said.[Tuesday, January 15, 2019]
Geo Blackshire tapped as interim fire chief
Geo Blackshire, a 21-year veteran of the Palo Alto Fire Department, has taken over as fire chief on an interim basis while the city considers a permanent replacement for Eric Nickel, who departed this month for Santa Barbara.[Tuesday, January 15, 2019]