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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
Planned Cambridge Avenue development meets opposition
Residents and business owners on Cambridge Avenue are raising concerns about a proposed building that they believe will transform their block.[Wednesday, December 27, 2017]
Palo Alto settles over discrimination complaint
The city of Palo Alto has settled a claim from a former transportation planner who alleged that she was the victim of sex discrimination and retaliation for whistleblowing.[Tuesday, December 26, 2017]
Pension changes cloud city's budget outlook
Palo Alto's budget outlook is being dampened by a growing and unpredictable pension bill, one of the first issues that the City Council will tackle in the new year.[Thursday, December 21, 2017]
Ballot measure seeks to curb health care costs
Palo Alto voters may have a chance next year to put a cap on how much Stanford Health and other health care providers can charge patients for medical care under a ballot initiative being advanced by the health care workers union.[Tuesday, December 19, 2017]
More worker permits mulled for parking programs
Palo Alto may soon increase the number of permits that could be purchased by workers who park on the streets of the Evergreen Park and Mayfield neighborhoods.[Thursday, December 14, 2017]
Survey shows mixed results in Middlefield 'road diet'
Palo Alto's pilot program on a particularly hazardous segment of Middlefield Road has so far netted mixed results, according to a status report released by the city’s consultants on the project.[Wednesday, December 13, 2017]
Palo Alto prepares to adopt new priorities
Palo Alto is preparing to adopt new priorities for next year, even as it recognizes the need to stay focused on the issues of traffic and housing.[Monday, December 11, 2017]
Palo Alto looks to loosen rules for taxi fares
With ride-sharing companies changing the transportation landscape, city officials are preparing to pass a new law to make life a little easier for taxi drivers.[Thursday, December 7, 2017]
History Museum seeks to rev up fundraising effort
A decade after Palo Alto officials set out to transform the historic Roth Building into a history museum, the effort is starting to pick up momentum, with museum officials hoping for a grand opening in 2019.[Wednesday, December 6, 2017]
Palo Alto's new anti-idling law unlikely to be enforced
As Palo Alto prepares to adopt a new law banning idling vehicles, city officials are warning that the new prohibition is unlikely to see any real enforcement.[Wednesday, December 6, 2017]