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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 hopes to lure growth — and grants — to San Antonio Road
In designating San Antonio Road as a "priority development area," the Palo Alto City Council is hoping to attract grants and gradually transform the industrial area into a residential one.[Tuesday, September 19, 2023]
Palo Alto looks to extend 'safe parking' on Geng Road
Nearly three years after opening a public parking lot on Geng Road to unhoused individuals, Palo Alto is preparing to extend its partnership with Santa Clara County to keep the city’s largest "safe parking" program near the Baylands.[Monday, September 18, 2023]
Becker bill seeks to end 'cruel' price markups at prison stores
Seeking to curb what he calls cruel and egregious markups at California prisons, state Sen. Josh Becker is spearheading a law that would cap prices on items sold at canteen stores.[Monday, September 18, 2023]
Palo Alto Police Department loses phone service due to AT&T outage
A widespread outage in the AT&T network knocked out all the phone lines at the Palo Alto Police Department on Friday afternoon, Sept. 15. Service was restored at about 5:20 p.m.[Friday, September 15, 2023]
Palo Alto police to add surveillance to prime shopping areas
Boosted by a state grant, the Palo Alto Police Department is preparing to add more patrol officers to Stanford Shopping Center and other central shopping areas and to deploy GPS technology that tracks suspect vehicles if they flee.[Friday, September 15, 2023]
City urged to think bigger as it rezones San Antonio Road for housing
As Palo Alto prepares to transform an industrial area around San Antonio Road into the city's next residential hub, housing advocates and developers are calling for the city to think bigger when it comes to zone changes.[Friday, September 15, 2023]
Landmark deal paves way for transformation of Fry's site
Palo Alto approved on Tuesday a landmark deal with The Sobrato Organization that paves the way for redevelopment of Ventura's largest property and that allows the developer to replace a portion of the old Fry's building with townhomes.[Tuesday, September 12, 2023]
Palo Alto backs expanding program for mental health calls
Despite staffing challenges, Palo Alto agreed on Sept. 11 to expand and extend the Police Department's recently launched PERT program, which partners police officers with behavioral clinicians on calls involving mental health crises.[Thursday, September 14, 2023]
Palo Alto adopts new rules for downtown parklets
Seeking to bring order to the city's nascent and chaotic parklet scene, the Palo Alto City Council adopted a suite of rules Monday for outdoor dining spaces in University Avenue and portions of California Avenue.[Monday, September 11, 2023]
Teacher housing project gets big boost in Palo Alto
With construction now under way on Palo Alto’s first teacher-housing project, city officials sent a strong signal Monday that they’re ready to welcome a second.[Tuesday, September 12, 2023]