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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
Proposed law zooms in on surveillance technology
On Tuesday night, Palo Alto officials focused on a downside of high-tech: the difficulty of retaining privacy in a world of drones, body cameras and license-plate readers.[Tuesday, June 13, 2017]
Despite zoning concerns, Protégé wins approval
A proposal by two French Laundry alums to build a high-end restaurant on California Avenue received a long-sought go-ahead on Monday night, despite arguments that the approval process was deeply flawed.[Tuesday, June 13, 2017]
Marriott hotels approved in south Palo Alto
Palo Alto rolled out the welcome mat on Monday night to two new Marriott hotels, which won the City Council's approval despite heated opposition from the surrounding neighborhood.[Tuesday, June 13, 2017]
Restaurant sparks debate over outdoor seating
The developer of a "world-class" restaurant at 260 California Ave. has been in intense zoning debates with the city and faced a resident's challenge to the proposal.[Friday, June 9, 2017]
Palo Alto to outsource lifeguard duties at Rinconada
Rinconada Pool swimmers can look forward to longer hours, different rates and greater stability in lifeguard staffing this summer as part of the city's latest proposal to outsource services.[Tuesday, June 6, 2017]
City crafts battle plan to fight climate change
On Monday night, the City Council began the hard work of turning the rhetoric into action, picking up on its emphatic statement to the White House's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.[Tuesday, June 6, 2017]
Board approves two Marriott hotels for San Antonio Road
Despite neighborhood opposition, a proposal to build two five-story Marriott hotels scored a big victory Thursday morning when the Architectural Review Board voted to endorse the project.[Thursday, June 1, 2017]
Palo Alto expands its control over Baylands
Palo Alto's effort to expand and restore the sprawling marshlands will hit a milestone this week, when the City Council dedicates as "parkland" the 36.5-acre parcel that it had recently purchased in the Baylands.[Wednesday, May 31, 2017]
With a new look, Palo Alto golf course set for fall reopening
It took a few years to get past the permitting hazards, but the reconstruction of Palo Alto's municipal golf course in the Baylands now appears to be proceeding smoothly toward a November completion.[Monday, May 29, 2017]
Palo Alto charts new path for planned fiber network
Two decades after Palo Alto launched its mission of bringing ultra-high-speed access to the internet to every home, the tortuous path is taking another sharp turn.[Tuesday, May 23, 2017]