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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
Holiday Fund: A bridge to stability
For the users of the Opportunity Center's after-school tutoring and counseling program, who tend to be elementary- and early-middle-school students, the room is a place of rigor, leisure and -- above all -- stability.[Sunday, January 8, 2017]
Rinconada Pool outsourcing plan up for a vote
Palo Alto's debate over whether to expand and outsource the learn-to-swim program at the popular Rinconada Pool could be settled on Monday night, when the City Council is scheduled to consider and potentially approve the proposed changes.[Friday, January 6, 2017]
United council chooses Scharff, Kniss to lead Palo Alto in 2017
Marking a changing of the guard at City Hall, the Palo Alto City Council bid farewell Tuesday night to three outgoing members, welcomed three newcomers and elected as its mayor and vice mayor two veterans who will need no orientation.[Tuesday, January 3, 2017]
Will new council members shift Palo Alto's priorities?
When Palo Alto's new City Council meets in late January to set its priorities for the 2017, housing and transportation will inevitably top the list, as they have in each of the past two years. But with new council members and Palo Alto citizens coming forward with their own ideas, the list may feature a few additions.[Wednesday, January 4, 2017]
Firefighters use new techniques to douse Palo Alto blaze
Palo Alto firefighters are crediting an aggressive new technique for allowing them to quickly stifle a blaze on Louis Road on Friday morning and prevent flames from spreading to structures around the burning midcentury-modern home.[Friday, December 30, 2016]
Palo Alto's year of resurgence
In Palo Alto, 2016 was a year marked by contradictions, paradoxes, ups, downs, pain, joy and more twists and turns than the Byxbee Park's new pathway network.[Friday, December 30, 2016]
Palo Alto hopes to speed up deployment of self-driving cars
Should the streets of Palo Alto become the newest testing ground for self-driving cars? For several members of the City Council, as well as for City Manager James Keene, the answer is a resounding "yes."[Thursday, December 29, 2016]
Year in Review: Housing shortage takes center stage at City Hall
More than any other issue, Palo Alto's housing shortage was the leading driver of City Hall discussions in 2016.[Thursday, December 29, 2016]
Palo Alto traffic-fighting nonprofit struggles to lessen congestion
Two years after Palo Alto jump-started a new nonprofit charged with reducing traffic congestion and offering other commuting alternatives for drivers, the organization is struggling to make a dent in the rate of single-occupancy vehicles, according to a recent survey.[Tuesday, December 27, 2016]
Plan to replace Brutalist building sent back to drawing board
Love it or hate it, the Brutalist six-story building at 2600 El Camino Real is unlike any other in Palo Alto, a city better known for Birge Clark's arches and red-tile roofs and for Joseph Eichler's glass walls and lavish yards. Now, a plan to replace the building is making its way through the city's planning process and not everyone is thrilled about the project.[Saturday, December 24, 2016]