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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
Developer Harold Hohbach dies at 96
Harold Hohbach, a patent attorney and developer whose mixed-use projects and whimsical art helped transform the area around California Avenue, died Dec. 28 at his home. He was 96.[Friday, January 5, 2018]
New pickleball courts planned for Mitchell Park
A proposal to convert three tennis courts into 12 smaller pickleball courts has been met by some critics who believe the change will aggravate parking problems at the popular facility.[Friday, January 5, 2018]
As Palo Alto picks next mayor, all eyes on Kniss
If tradition holds, City Council members on Monday will elect now-Vice Mayor Liz Kniss as the city's mayor -- but the political veteran is still under investigation by the state Fair Political Practices Commission.[Friday, January 5, 2018]
Wild card issues of the year
Not everything in Palo Alto was about housing and traffic this year. We've narrowed down the list to five of the most surprising efforts that the city undertook this year.[Saturday, December 30, 2017]
Attention-grabbing violations in 2017
Those who enforce the city's rules -- whether they be Palo Alto's code-enforcement officers or investigators from the California Fair Political Practices Commission -- found plenty to do in the city this year.[Sunday, December 31, 2017]
Palo Alto to adopt new rules for dog parks
Dog owners will face new hours of operation, limits to how many canines they can bring to dog parks and other changes for the open space areas.[Wednesday, January 3, 2018]
Palo Alto's pivotal year
The Palo Alto City Council made giant strides on some of its most pressing priorities and began to pivot from plans to action -- drawing mixed reactions for its efforts.[Friday, December 29, 2017]
Seeing red
"The Crown under the Hammer: Russia, Romanovs, Revolution," the joint exhibition by the Cantor Arts Center and Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibition Pavilion, vividly highlights how the Bolshevik Revolution upended Russian art and politics.[Thursday, December 28, 2017]
More city workers make the switch to Caltrain
As traffic problems continue to plague downtown Palo Alto, more City Hall workers are opting to swap their car keys for Caltrain passes, with help from the city.[Monday, January 1, 2018]
City looks to use drones for blood deliveries
Blood-carrying drones may soon make their debut in Palo Alto skies under a program that city and Stanford officials are hoping to launch in 2018.[Thursday, December 28, 2017]