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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 council members spar over land-use vision
Faced with growing concerns about too much traffic and not enough housing, Palo Alto officials agreed on Monday to retain their annual limit on office growth and to explore new sites for residential development -- including Stanford Research Park.[Monday, January 30, 2017]
Palo Alto vice mayor says she didn't break campaign-finance law
Liz Kniss pivoted from her City Council campaign's earlier policy when she decided to accept cash from more than a dozen builders, developers and property managers contributions that weren't disclosed until earlier this month.[Friday, January 27, 2017]
Survey says: Trouble in paradise
According to the 2016 National Citizen Survey, the results of which were released this week, residents' perceptions of their city are gradually changing and not for the better.[Friday, January 27, 2017]
Stanford expansion raises traffic, housing concerns
As Stanford University prepares for its next stage of campus growth, Palo Alto residents and the university's students and employees are calling for the university to make sure that the traffic impacts of its expansion don't overwhelm local streets and that its own staff doesn't get left behind.[Thursday, January 26, 2017]
In new bus plan, VTA looks to retain paratransit service in Palo Alto
As the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority prepares to redraw the bus map throughout the county, Palo Alto is bracing for several unwelcome changes, including the disappearance of Route 88, which services Gunn High School.[Tuesday, January 24, 2017]
Middlefield Road lane reduction moves ahead in Palo Alto
Residents along Middlefield Road in north Palo Alto are well accustomed to extreme conditions, whether it's severe traffic jams during commute hours or cars that speed past their homes and, every now and then, end up in their yards or front lawns. On Monday, the City Council approved a road redesign aimed at calming things down.[Tuesday, January 24, 2017]
Permit parking gets green light in Evergreen Park
For workers around California Avenue, the era of free all-day parking on nearby residential streets is about to come to an end.[Tuesday, January 24, 2017]
After re-election, Palo Alto Vice Mayor Kniss reaps developers' cash
Ten days after Liz Kniss cruised to an Election Day victory, contributions continued to flow into her campaign chest. But unlike the checks that Kniss has been receiving in the months leading up to Nov. 8, most of the new contributions came from developers, builders and property managers.[Friday, January 20, 2017]
In the mood for Marx
Classic vaudeville and film comedians Groucho, Harpo and Chico Marx -- or rather, their renamed facsimiles -- are the shining stars of “A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine,” a two-act production set to open this week.[Thursday, January 19, 2017]
Neighbors challenge plan for three homes on North California Avenue
After securing approval from City Hall last year, a proposal to demolish three homes on North California Avenue and construct three larger homes on the site may plunge back into uncertainty on Monday night, when the City Council considers an appeal from neighbors who say they haven't been adequately notified about the project.[Wednesday, January 18, 2017]