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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
Cities rush to prepare for new marijuana era
Palo Alto is one of many Midpeninsula cities taking a conservative, wait-and-see approach on sales and cultivation of recreational marijuana, with the City Council preparing to adopt a moratorium on pot dispensaries.[Friday, October 13, 2017]
Commission pans parking meter plan
Downtown Palo Alto's move toward parking meters hit an unexpected turn Wednesday night when the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission voted against implementation.[Thursday, October 12, 2017]
Governor signs off on Caltrain sales-tax measure
The approval of Senate Bill 797 will allow Caltrain to move ahead with a sales-tax increase measure.[Tuesday, October 10, 2017]
Palo Alto looks to firm up renter protections
As rising rents continue to drive longtime residents out of Palo Alto, city officials are preparing to adopt new regulations that would offer renters greater protection.[Tuesday, October 10, 2017]
Fire Department to cut positions as it deals with falling revenue
The Palo Alto Fire Department plans to eliminate 11 positions -- roughly 10 percent of its workforce -- to deal with falling revenues from its contract with Stanford University.[Friday, October 6, 2017]
New housing laws pose planning challenges for city
The housing crunch may be an official Palo Alto priority, but City Hall wasn't cheering last week when Gov. Jerry Brown signed 15 bills that aim to encourage residential development.[Thursday, October 5, 2017]
City looks to open up newest Foothills Park site
Three years after Palo Alto officials formally added a 7.7-acre parcel to Foothills Park, they are finally preparing to open it up to city residents.[Tuesday, October 3, 2017]
Palo Alto overhauls development fees
The cost of doing business in Palo Alto is about to change for builders, home renovators and creators of parade floats under a new fee schedule.[Tuesday, October 3, 2017]
Signal failure causes heavy congestion Thursday afternoon
A malfunctioning signal near the foot of Dumbarton Bridge caused massive traffic jams at the start of the afternoon commute Thursday.[Thursday, September 28, 2017]
Police: Woman punched, robbed in Midtown on Wednesday
Palo Alto police are looking for two men who reportedly assaulted and robbed a woman as she was visiting her relative in the Midtown neighborhood on Wednesday night.[Thursday, September 28, 2017]