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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
Contractors claim city owes them $3.5M more for new police HQ
Palo Alto and the contractors behind the new police headquarters near California Avenue are in a legal scuffle after the city rejected more than $3.5 million in change orders relating to the construction.[Thursday, August 10, 2023]
Neighborhood opposition casts shadow over Palo Alto Commons expansion
Palo Alto Commons is preparing to take a decidedly unusual approach as it seeks to expand its assisted-living facility for seniors on El Camino Way: building new apartments on top of existing ones at the back portion of the property.[Tuesday, August 8, 2023]
Critics unmoved by Castilleja's traffic plan
Tensions between Castilleja School and its neighbors reignited on Monday night, Aug. 7, as the Palo Alto City Council picked apart the school's new plan for managing traffic resulting from its forthcoming campus renovation.[Tuesday, August 8, 2023]
State again rejects Palo Alto's housing plan
Palo Alto will have to revise its newly adopted housing plan after the state Department of Housing and Community Development once again found it lacking -- a finding that will keep the city vulnerable to "builder's remedy" proposals.[Sunday, August 6, 2023]
Fish Market developer invokes contentious law to get fast approval of 380-apartment project
A developer looking to demolish The Fish Market restaurant in Palo Alto and build a 380-apartment complex is preparing to invoke the state's "builder's remedy" law to overcome the city's objections to the project.[Thursday, August 3, 2023]
Transportation plan aims to calm anxieties about Castilleja's expansion
When Castilleja School won approval last year to expand its campus after six years of spirited debate, it made a pledge to skeptical neighbors: Student population growth won't lead to traffic growth. Its new plan aims to achieve that.[Wednesday, August 2, 2023]
Police: Suspect nabbed after wave of residential burglaries
A Santa Clara resident who police believe took part in a recent wave of residential burglaries in Palo Alto and other Bay Area cities is now facing charges in connection with the months-long crime spree, Palo Alto police said.[Tuesday, August 1, 2023]
City prepares for seismic shift in building code
As Palo Alto embarks on the most significant overhaul of seismic-safety laws in four decades, city officials are zooming in on soft-story structures, "tilt-ups" and other building types that have fared poorly during recent earthquakes.[Monday, July 31, 2023]
How a condo project is helping to finance Palo Alto's largest affordable-housing development
Two Palo Alto housing projects eyed for adjacent sites in Ventura bear little resemblance to one another. One includes 16 condominiums; the other is a five-story complex with 129 apartments. The two are, however, intimately connected.[Monday, July 31, 2023]
East Palo Alto police seek suspects after fatal collision Friday night
East Palo Alto police are looking for one or more suspects who were involved in a hit-and-run collision that resulted a man's death on Kavanaugh Drive on Friday evening, according to the police.[Saturday, July 29, 2023]