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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
Police investigate incidents of sexual battery, assault near downtown bus stop
Police are investigating two recent incidents in which a woman was approached and sexually assaulted by a stranger near the downtown Palo Alto Transit Station, including an incident that took place on Wednesday night.[Thursday, March 9, 2017]
Cal. Ave. merchants urge city to go big on new garage
Merchants on California Avenue are well-versed in the challenges of running a business in Palo Alto. But on Wednesday, they shifted their focus to one problem they hope will soon be solved: the area's severe parking shortage.[Wednesday, March 8, 2017]
City eases rules for 'accessory' housing
In a victory for housing advocates, the Palo Alto City Council approved late Tuesday night a series of reforms aimed at making it much easier for residents to build "accessory dwelling units" on their properties.[Wednesday, March 8, 2017]
Council adopts rules to curb groundwater waste
Spurred by a growing citizens movement, Palo Alto officials agreed on Tuesday night to further clamp down on the practice of "dewatering," which last year resulted in 140 million gallons of groundwater being pumped out to enable basement construction.[Tuesday, March 7, 2017]
New plan calls for housing on Compadres site
More than eight years after Palo Alto's popular eatery Compadres shuttered its operations, plans are afoot to demolish the building and replace it with a mixed-use development featuring commercial space and 17 residential units.[Tuesday, March 7, 2017]
Council shifts gears on downtown parking program
For residents of downtown Palo Alto, the city's new residential parking program has proved to be an effective -- if imperfect -- way to limit the daily intrusion of commuter vehicles on neighborhood streets. Now, the City Council hopes the program's next phase, which it approved Monday night, will keep the momentum going.[Tuesday, March 7, 2017]
County funds boost effort to modify rail corridor
Even as Caltrain's electrification project faces fresh financial hurdles, Palo Alto officials signaled on Wednesday that they plan to stay on course with their own rail priority: the separation of train tracks from local roadways.[Wednesday, March 1, 2017]
New rules on the way for groundwater pumping
As residents continue to cry foul over the millions of gallons of groundwater that get pumped for basement construction, Palo Alto is preparing to take action by adding restrictions.[Tuesday, February 28, 2017]
Stanford's proposed expansion raises anxieties over traffic
As Stanford University prepares for its next phase of campus expansion, officials are confronting a daunting question: How do you add more than 2 million square feet of development without also adding traffic?[Tuesday, February 28, 2017]
Palo Alto's bike-share plan takes another turn
Palo Alto's effort to roll out a bike-share program for the community is set to take another turn Monday night, when the City Council considers a new proposal that would bring a 350-bike system to several areas of the city.[Sunday, February 26, 2017]