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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
Labor's love lost?
The city's new partnership with Pets In Need is an exciting venture, but there is one group that isn't sold: the shelter's current employees.[Friday, September 29, 2017]
Affordable housing gets commission support
Palo Alto's planning commissioners reaffirmed their stance in favor of more affordable housing for lower-income workers as part of their final review of an updated city land-use vision Wednesday.[Wednesday, September 27, 2017]
Plan to replace Junior Museum and Zoo scores victory
An effort to demolish and replace the beloved Junior Museum and Zoo received an approval vote from Palo Alto's Architectural Review Board on Thursday.[Tuesday, September 26, 2017]
Palo Alto commits funds to fight solo-driving
Palo Alto's drive to shift the commute patterns of downtown employees received a big boost this week, when the City Council upped its contribution to the new nonprofit charged with orchestrating the effort.[Wednesday, September 20, 2017]
City wins grant for crafting new vision for Fry's site
After years of talking about plans to transform the area around Fry's Electronics in the Ventura neighborhood, Palo Alto officials finally have the funds to start forging the new vision.[Wednesday, September 20, 2017]
Condos and townhouses approved for Compadres site
A building once renowned for enchiladas and margaritas will soon be demolished to make way for townhouses and condominiums under a proposal that the City Council approved Monday night.[Tuesday, September 19, 2017]
Neighbors Abroad raises money for earthquake relief in Oaxaca
A Palo Alto organization is looking to raise $10,000 to help rebuild two children's facilities that collapsed in the state of Oaxaca earlier this month in Mexico.[Tuesday, September 19, 2017]
Bicyclist's purse reportedly snatched near Homer tunnel
A Palo Alto bicyclist on the path near the Homer Street tunnel said her purse was snatched from her bike after she stopped to talk to a group of students shortly before noon Friday.[Saturday, September 16, 2017]
Palo Alto approaches decision on rail redesign
Palo Alto's effort to separate the railroad tracks from local streets will, by any account, likely require the seizure of private property, cause years of traffic disruptions and cost more than $1 billion, much coming from who-knows-where.[Saturday, September 16, 2017]
Power outage hits downtown Palo Alto
Close to 300 customers in and around downtown Palo Alto lost electricity late Wednesday afternoon -- an incident that was caused by damaged underground cabling, according to Utilities Department.[Wednesday, September 13, 2017]