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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 gets ready for lawsuits over construction of new police building
Palo Alto is bracing for possible litigation over the construction of its new public safety building, a $118 million project that is set to be completed later this year on Sherman Avenue.[Friday, July 28, 2023]
Public Agenda: Expansion of city's fiber-optic network; new fire station design
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings happening the week of July 31.[Thursday, July 27, 2023]
Planning commission backs deal for redevelopment of Fry's site
Palo Alto's planning commissioners on Wednesday threw their support behind a contentious plan to partially demolish and redevelop the former Fry's Electronics building, setting the stage for final approval next month.[Wednesday, July 26, 2023]
Mitchell Park Place, Palo Alto's next affordable-housing project, gets $25M boost
When Wilton Court opened in Ventura last December, Palo Alto's city leaders celebrated it as a welcome milestone after the city's decade-long drought in affordable-housing. They won't have to wait as long for the next such project.[Wednesday, July 26, 2023]
With fiber expansion approved, Palo Alto looks to compete — and negotiate — with AT&T
Palo Alto's effort to light up every nook and cranny of the city with high-speed Internet is slated to roll out this year, with the city preparing to spend more than $30 million to dramatically expand the fiber network.[Monday, July 24, 2023]
Nonprofits pitch affordable housing projects on Palo Alto's parking lots
When Palo Alto approved last fall a new program that would allow developers to build affordable housing on downtown parking lots, city leaders weren't sure whether anyone would take them up on the offer.[Monday, July 24, 2023]
City pushes back against 'builder's remedy' project at Creekside Inn site
A developer looking to invoke the "builder's remedy" rule to build a residential complex and a hotel building at the Creekside Inn site in Barron Park hit a roadblock Wednesday when the city deemed its application incomplete.[Thursday, July 20, 2023]
Stanford president resigns after review found flaws in his research papers
Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced on Wednesday, July 19, that he will be stepping down after a panel of experts found significant flaws in various studies that he had supervised more than a decade ago.[Wednesday, July 19, 2023]
San Francisco Airport leans on new navigation system to address noise complaints
Faced with a chorus of complaints from Palo Alto about airplane noise, San Francisco Airport officials on Monday floated the idea of new routes that would allow aircrafts to fly higher and veer closer to the Bay as they pass the city.[Tuesday, July 18, 2023]
New planning efforts target Palo Alto's most dangerous roads
As part of a new "Safe Streets for All" plan, Palo Alto is preparing to identify and improve the city's most dangerous corridors. County data suggests Crescent Drive, Middlefield Road and El Camino Real could get special attention.[Wednesday, July 19, 2023]