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Gennady Sheyner

Staff Writer, Palo Alto Weekly / PaloAltoOnline.com

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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
Teen burglar arrested after asking for Wi-Fi access
A 17-year-old boy who allegedly climbed through a window into an occupied home early Sunday morning and woke up the residents by asking them if he can use their Wi-Fi network was arrested.
[Wednesday, July 25, 2018]

City may scrap downtown cap on commercial growth
The debate over how much office space Palo Alto should accommodate is set to flare up again Wednesday, when the planning commission will consider abolishing a policy that limits new non-residential development in downtown.
[Tuesday, July 24, 2018]

New President Hotel owner to proceed with evictions
A proposal to convert the President Hotel in downtown Palo Alto from an apartment building to a hotel may now be in peril, but that apparently won't be enough to save its residents from displacement.
[Monday, July 23, 2018]

Neighbors drop appeals of downtown gym
It took persuasion, diplomacy and plenty of patience, but Michael Dorricott's dream of opening a gym in downtown Palo Alto is now on the cusp of becoming reality.
[Monday, July 23, 2018]

City challenges plan to convert President Hotel
A controversial proposal to convert the iconic President Hotel from an apartment building into a hotel hit a snag this week, when Palo Alto officials determined that the change would violate the local zoning code.
[Friday, July 20, 2018]

Former TV reporter enters Palo Alto's council race
After more than two decades of covering news for various TV stations, Pat Boone made a foray into local politics by declaring his intention to seek a seat on the Palo Alto City Council.
[Thursday, July 19, 2018]

Former CFO Lalo Perez reflects on three decades at City Hall
Lalo Perez has seen it all -- booms and busts, surpluses and deficits, a union strike and a library renaissance.
[Friday, July 20, 2018]

Departures pose recruiting challenges in Palo Alto
Palo Alto is part of a group of cities that is going through a transition at its most senior level.
[Friday, July 20, 2018]

City set to review affordable-housing project
A proposal by Palo Alto Housing to construct 61 units of affordable housing on El Camino Real offers city officials a type of project that they haven't seen in five years.
[Wednesday, July 18, 2018]

Palo Alto Housing seeks new leader
Palo Alto Housing President and CEO Candice Gonzalez will leave the nonprofit next month to join Sand Hill Property Company as chief housing officer and managing director.
[Monday, July 16, 2018]