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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
Police chief expands community-engagement efforts
Six months into his new job, Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen is seeking law-enforcement advice from a local group with plenty of opinions to offer: the residents themselves.[Monday, July 16, 2018]
City gives new focus to transportation needs
Last month, with little warning and no fanfare, Palo Alto's new Office of Transportation opened for business.[Friday, July 13, 2018]
Newly hired consultant to shepherd Ventura plan
Palo Alto's effort to re-imagine a 60-acre section of the Ventura neighborhood is set to kick off in earnest in September, when the city’s newly hired consultant and freshly appointed citizens group hold their first meeting on the ambitious project.[Wednesday, July 11, 2018]
Traffic team returns to Palo Alto streets
Responding to resident concerns about speeding cars and reckless drivers, the Palo Alto Police Department has brought back its Traffic Team, the department announced Wednesday.[Wednesday, July 11, 2018]
Stanford expansion creates housing quandary
Palo Alto residents showed little enthusiasm Tuesday for the idea of requiring Stanford University to build enough residential units to compensate for its ambitious expansion.[Tuesday, July 10, 2018]
Police investigate attempted street robberies
Palo Alto police are investigating two attempted street robberies that they said were reportedly perpetrated by a man with a black cloth over his face.[Monday, July 9, 2018]
Grand jury calls for denser housing
Despite a recent push to build more housing, Palo Alto and other Santa Clara County cities will have to answer to the civil grand jury in September for their collective failure to address the regional housing crisis.[Friday, July 6, 2018]
Federal funds flow to flood-control project
An effort by Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto to boost flood protection around San Francisquito Creek received an unexpected nudge from the federal government last month, when the Army Corps of Engineers received $646,500 to evaluate upstream work, including replacement of the Pope-Chaucer Bridge.[Thursday, July 5, 2018]
Local developer buys College Terrace Centre
Palo Alto-based company Blox Ventures has recently acquired the 57,900-square-foot property that once housed the popular JJ&F Market and, more recently, the College Terrace Market.[Tuesday, July 3, 2018]
Plan for downtown gym gets a lift
Palo Alto's Planning and Transportation Commission endorsed a proposal to bring a gym to the former Anthropologie building despite neighbor concerns about noise and parking problems.[Monday, July 2, 2018]