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Gennady Sheyner

Staff Writer, Palo Alto Weekly / PaloAltoOnline.com

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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 to draw up new vision for Ventura site
Palo Alto took the critical first step Monday toward redeveloping a Ventura site best known for its largest commercial tenant: Fry's Electronics.
[Tuesday, November 7, 2017]

Palo Alto salutes its veterans
Joe Graham's memory lane stretches across continents to the battlefields in Europe, where his battalion helped the Allies defeat Hitler's forces.
[Tuesday, November 7, 2017]

Palo Alto looks to lower speed limit near schools
City officials are preparing to lower speed limits near 17 schools, even as it looks to raise it at two streets near busy arterials to improve traffic safety.
[Monday, November 6, 2017]

Top Palo Alto officials to get raises
Palo Alto's city manager, city attorney, city auditor and city clerk are about to get pay raises that will add $55,000 in costs to the city budget.
[Friday, November 3, 2017]

Building owners seek exemptions from 'retail protection' law
Citing economic hardships and an inability to land tenants, owners of two Palo Alto buildings are asking the council to waive the city's rule requiring ground-floor retail.
[Wednesday, November 1, 2017]

Palo Alto mulls 'pedestrian-only' University Avenue
The idea of turning a section of University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto into a pedestrian-only zone picked up some steam Monday night, when the City Council unanimously agreed to explore it.
[Tuesday, October 31, 2017]

City outlaws marijuana shops
Legalized marijuana may be a popular proposition among Palo Alto voters, but the City Council indicated Monday that it feels far more comfortable passing a ban than a blunt.
[Tuesday, October 31, 2017]

Palo Alto shuts down spay and neuter clinic
Citing a staffing shortage, Palo Alto abruptly shuttered last week the spay and neuter clinic that the city has been running at the animal shelter.
[Monday, October 30, 2017]

Palo Alto may ease parking rules to spur housing
Three Palo Alto council members are proposing significant revisions to the city's parking regulations, including eliminating parking requirements altogether for "car-light" developments.
[Sunday, October 29, 2017]

Palo Alto to consider downtown roof decks
Downtown diners rarely have a chance to dine alfresco while enjoying a bird's-eye view of the streets beneath them. One tenant in a prominent building is hoping to change that.
[Friday, October 27, 2017]