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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
City braces for impacts of new housing laws
Palo Alto is bracing for a slew of new laws that will take effect Jan. 1 and could transform the community conversation about affordable housing.[Tuesday, December 5, 2017]
Palo Alto approves Junior Museum and Zoo expansion
One of Palo Alto's most popular family attractions received a big boost Monday, when the City Council gleefully backed an ambitious plan to rebuild and expand the Junior Museum and Zoo.[Tuesday, December 5, 2017]
City seeks more protection from Stanford expansion
With Stanford looking to build more than 2 million square feet of academic spaces by 2035, city officials and residents are raising fresh concerns about how this will impact local traffic conditions, the region's housing shortage and open space.[Friday, December 1, 2017]
Stanford expansion comment period extended
Responding to requests from Palo Alto and Menlo Park, Santa Clara County planners have agreed to give the public 60 more days to comment on the environmental analysis of Stanford University’s 2018 General Use Permit application.[Thursday, November 30, 2017]
City explores ways to pay for revamped Caltrain intersections
City leaders are still struggling to figure out how they will separate Caltrain tracks from local streets and how it would be paid for.[Wednesday, November 29, 2017]
Cities seek more time to vet Stanford's proposed expansion
Two cities are calling on Santa Clara County to extend its deadline to evaluate potential impacts of Stanford's proposed expansion.[Wednesday, November 29, 2017]
Rising costs strain Palo Alto's infrastructure goals
Palo Alto's ambitious plan to fix up the city's aged infrastructure and build a new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 is being strained by a sizzling construction market.[Tuesday, November 28, 2017]
Palo Alto council splits over roof decks
A proposal to build a roof deck on a Hamilton Avenue building became the latest item to divide the City Council on Monday.[Tuesday, November 28, 2017]
Marshals capture second fugitive who fled courthouse
John Penn Bivins was found by the U.S. Marshals Service on Sunday in San Leandro nearly three weeks after he fled from the Palo Alto courthouse, the U.S. Marshals Service said.[Sunday, November 26, 2017]
New rules may require retrofits of 'soft-story' buildings
Hundreds of city property owners could be forced to firm up the shaky foundations of their buildings under a proposal the City Council will consider.[Thursday, November 30, 2017]