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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 loosens rules for autonomous robots
They still have a long way to go before they can compete with R2-D2, much less RoboCop, but autonomous robots will be able to travel both faster and farther in Palo Alto in the new year.[Wednesday, January 2, 2019]
Palo Alto swiftly approves Council Chambers upgrades
In its final meetings of 2018, the Palo Alto City Council approved a nearly $2 million project that could significantly change how local democracy looks and sounds in the future: a major upgrade of the Council Chambers at City Hall.[Tuesday, January 1, 2019]
James Keene says goodbye after decade in charge
James Keene concluded his career at Palo Alto City Hall after 10 years on Friday with broad support from elected leaders and an image as the city's folksy philosopher king.[Friday, December 28, 2018]
Palo Alto takes the middle path in 2018
Despite heated debates and significant staffing turnover, 2018 was by and large a period of political compromise and measured progress in Palo Alto.[Friday, December 28, 2018]
State to investigate complaint against former chief information officer
A citizen complaint has prompted the state Fair Political Practices Commission to investigate whether Palo Alto's former Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental violated a gifts law by accepting an invitation to a technology conference in China in 2016.[Thursday, December 27, 2018]
How Palo Alto made global headlines in 2018
Palo Alto and Palo Altans often found themselves in the national spotlight in 2018.[Friday, December 28, 2018]
Palo Alto's city auditor prepares for departure
Palo Alto City Auditor Harriet Richardson plans to step down from her position in February, leaving yet another high-profile vacancy at City Hall.[Thursday, December 27, 2018]
City pushes back against Verizon proposals
Palo Alto officials are pushing back against proposed designs for new wireless-antenna equipment and considering a challenge to recently adopted federal rules that will make it easier for telecommunication companies to receive approvals.[Wednesday, December 26, 2018]
Police seek person responsible for violent attack in Southgate
Palo Alto police are looking for a person who they said attacked a woman as she was walking in the Southgate neighborhood on Thursday evening.[Friday, December 21, 2018]
Stanford sues Santa Clara County over housing law
Stanford University on Wednesday filed two lawsuits against Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, charging county officials of unfairly and illegally targeting the university with a recently adopted law that aims to promote more affordable housing on campus.[Thursday, December 20, 2018]