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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
Rising costs won't shrink California Avenue garage
California Avenue merchants scored a political victory Monday when city officials reaffirmed their plan to build a garage with more than 600 parking stalls.[Tuesday, January 23, 2018]
Eshoo: Government shutdown an 'embarrassment'
The federal government went into shutdown mode Saturday at midnight after the U.S. Senate failed to get the needed 60 votes for a bill to keep the government running on a short-term basis.[Saturday, January 20, 2018]
Palo Alto faces legal challenge over budget transfers
A resident's lawsuit and a court case involving the city of Redding could upend Palo Alto's century-long practice of transferring millions of dollars from utility funds every year to pay for basic city services.[Friday, January 19, 2018]
Palo Alto prepares for massive downtown 'upgrade'
Downtown Palo Alto will transform into a hive of construction activity this spring, when the city launches an ambitious, yearslong plan to replace utility pipes, upgrade traffic equipment, widen sidewalks and expand its fiber-optics network.[Thursday, January 18, 2018]
As costs grow, city may scale back garage plan
With cost estimates rising dramatically, Palo Alto is considering scaling down its plans for the California Avenue parking garage by removing one of the two planned underground levels.[Friday, January 19, 2018]
New accessory-dwelling units law brings hope, confusion
Palo Alto's recent effort to encourage more accessory-dwelling units has resulted in a modest uptick of these dwellings -- along with a slew of questions, concerns and requests for further reforms.[Monday, January 15, 2018]
New mayor signals heavy push on housing
Mayor Liz Kniss proposed on Monday establishing a special council committee to focus exclusively on housing and building more complexes for seniors.[Friday, January 12, 2018]
City finds new way to dig basements
For city officials, the basement at 2121 Webster St. is kind of a big deal: the first residential basement project in Palo Alto to use a cutoff wall.[Friday, January 12, 2018]
Kniss wins third term as Palo Alto mayor
Liz Kniss returned to the center of Palo Alto's political limelight Monday night, when the City Council unanimously elected her as mayor for 2018.[Monday, January 8, 2018]
Hotel plan draws opposition in south Palo Alto
Residents in a south Palo Alto condo complex are asking the city to reject a plan for a new five-story hotel that would replace the restaurant Su Hong on El Camino Real.[Tuesday, January 9, 2018]