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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
Palo Alto looks to fix up abandoned Baylands site
Palo Alto's newest parkland -- a 36.5-acre site formerly owned by International Telephone and Telegraph -- is about to get a $400,000 facelift.[Wednesday, September 13, 2017]
Residents invited to rail workshop Saturday
Residents who want to take part in the city's largest infrastructure project in generations -- the redesign of the rail corridor -- are invited to a community workshop.[Wednesday, September 13, 2017]
Palo Alto cautiously advances plan to redesign Cubberley
With the future of Cubberley Community Center still hazy, members of the Palo Alto City Council raised fresh concerns Monday night about the many challenges they face in forging a new vision for the sprawling campus.[Tuesday, September 12, 2017]
Palo Alto welcomes new vision for parks
Palo Alto's new master plan includes a treat for just about everyone who likes to play outdoors, but corporations eyeing local parks for extended stays may have to look elsewhere.[Tuesday, September 12, 2017]
Tanaka fined for campaign violations
City Councilman Greg Tanaka has agreed to pay $733 in fines after a state agency found inaccuracies in the financial forms his campaign filed during last year's council race.[Monday, September 11, 2017]
Man gets 50 years to life for 2015 murder in East Palo Alto
A Stockton man who was convicted of shooting and killing a 31-year-old East Palo Alto resident in October 2015 was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison Thursday.[Friday, September 8, 2017]
Earthquake rattles buildings in Palo Alto's sister city, Oaxaca
The 8.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico's southwestern coast Thursday night has caused some building damage to Palo Alto's sister city, Oaxaca, though early reports indicate that the havoc was more extensive in the nearby isthmus region.[Friday, September 8, 2017]
Contractor errs, sells too many parking permits
The city of Palo Alto sold too many employee parking permits in five of its 10 parking zones that have approved quotas following an error by the city's contractor.[Friday, September 8, 2017]
Zuckerberg scales back plans for home renovation
One year after Palo Alto officials gave the thumbs down to Mark Zuckerberg's plan to rebuild his four homes in the Crescent Park neighborhood, the Facebook CEO is moving ahead with a less ambitious renovation plan.[Sunday, September 10, 2017]
New plan aims to broaden 'grade separation' debate
With much debate and sharp disagreements, the Palo Alto City Council approved a plan Tuesday for engaging the public in a complex conversation about the future of the city's rail corridor.[Wednesday, September 6, 2017]