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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's chief information officer to depart
Palo Alto Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental plans to resign from his position next month to take on a new role at Oracle, the Weekly has learned.[Wednesday, November 21, 2018]
Palo Alto prepares to move toward 'smart grid'
The Palo Alto City Council swiftly approved on Monday night a strategic plan that will help the city boldly go where most utilities had already gone.[Thursday, November 22, 2018]
Police: Man exposes himself to girl in Fairmeadow
Palo Alto police are looking for a man who reportedly exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl who was walking her dog in the Fairmeadow neighborhood on Monday.[Tuesday, November 20, 2018]
Fire Chief Eric Nickel to step down in January
After six years on the job, Palo Alto Fire Chief Eric Nickel plans to step down from his position in January to take the helm at the Santa Barbara Fire Department, City Manager James Keene announced Tuesday.[Tuesday, November 20, 2018]
City looks to tap into the value of wastewater
Palo Alto's new plan for water management calls for building new plants, forging new partnerships and -- trickiest of all -- convincing residents that their wastewater is good enough to drink.[Tuesday, November 20, 2018]
Fire Department prepares for influx in medical-response calls
Palo Alto Fire Department officials are exploring a new service model that would emphasize education, screening and other preventive measures.[Wednesday, November 14, 2018]
City leaders vow to improve code enforcement
Palo Alto leaders pledged on Tuesday to reform the city's glitchy code-enforcement program, which according to a new audit is hampered by vague roles, confusing technology and insufficient public outreach.[Tuesday, November 13, 2018]
Palo Alto audit finds flaws in code enforcement
Palo Alto's ever evolving and much maligned code-enforcement program will face fresh scrutiny from city leaders next week after a new audit from the office of City Auditor Harriet Richardson uncovered a rash of problems and inconsistencies with the ways the city accepts and resolves complaints.[Saturday, November 10, 2018]
Council race: How they won — and lost
A look at the Santa Clara County votes-by-precinct map underscores Alison Cormack’s dominance in the race for a Palo Alto City Council seat. It also reveals how -- or where -- incumbent Cory Wolbach faltered.[Wednesday, November 7, 2018]
Cormack, DuBois and Filseth win Palo Alto council seats
Unofficial election results suggest that the residentialists will remain in the minority by a single vote on the Palo Alto City Council, which will reduce from nine seats to seven seats in January.[Tuesday, November 6, 2018]