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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
After resident backlash, Palo Alto council cancels Cubberley closed session
Facing community accusations of insufficient transparency, Palo Alto officials abruptly canceled on Monday their plan to meet behind closed doors to discuss a purchase of Cubberley Community Center land.[Monday, August 21, 2023]
New tenant protection law leaves some Palo Alto landlords fuming
Despite protests from local landlords, Palo Alto is pressing ahead with a new law that would make more tenants eligible for eviction protections.[Sunday, August 20, 2023]
Aided by new cameras, Palo Alto police nab carjacking suspects
Tipped off by a newly installed license-plate-recognition system, Palo Alto police arrested Tuesday a group of men at Stanford Shopping Center who they say were involved in an armed carjacking in Berkeley.[Thursday, August 17, 2023]
Palo Alto looks to buy land next to wastewater plant
Eager to rebuild and expand the wastewater treatment plant on Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto leaders are preparing to buy two properties next to the aged facility.[Thursday, August 17, 2023]
Palo Alto seeks protection against another spike in winter gas bills
Still haunted by the memories of last winter's sharp spike in gas prices, Palo Alto is looking to buy some insurance to make sure it doesn't happen again.[Thursday, August 17, 2023]
Police: Man found dead on Waverley Street
No foul play is suspected in the death of a man whose body was found on a Waverley Street block on Wednesday morning, according to the police.[Wednesday, August 16, 2023]
City looks at 3 strategies for revitalizing Palo Alto's flagging retail areas
Eager to revitalize Palo Alto's business sector after three years of economic turbulence and uncertainty, city leaders pledged Monday to take a fresh look at how the city could help rather than hinder its retail districts.[Wednesday, August 16, 2023]
Proposed Palo Alto deal with Pets In Need encounters a twist
Palo Alto reaffirmed on Monday its commitment to stick with Pets In Need as the city's animal service provider even as some City Council members urged a broad reevaluation of the rocky partnership.[Tuesday, August 15, 2023]
Climate activists push city to shut down gas utility, citing mounting natural disasters
Alarmed by the recent floods, heat waves and wildfires that have devastated some communities and caused orange air in others, a coalition of climate activists is pushing Palo Alto to speed up its plan to shut down its gas utility.[Sunday, August 13, 2023]
A shelter divided
As the Palo Alto City Council prepares to ink a new and more costly long-term contract with the nonprofit Pets In Need to run the city's animal shelter, former and current staff are coming forward to warn of the agency's dysfunction.[Thursday, August 10, 2023]