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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 looks to boost East Palo Alto's water share
As East Palo Alto continues to cope with a water shortage that has effectively frozen new development, four members of the Palo Alto City Council are proposing to shift some of their city's water allocations to their parched neighbor.[Wednesday, November 23, 2016]
Senior nonprofits spar over Avenidas space in Palo Alto
Just weeks after the nonprofit Avenidas secured the city's permission to significantly expand its historic facility in downtown Palo Alto, the city's leading senior-services provider is facing a challenge from La Comida, a nonprofit that has been serving lunches to seniors in the Bryant Street building for nearly four decades.[Tuesday, November 22, 2016]
Palo Alto City Council taps the brakes on higher speed limits
Higher speed limits may boost Palo Alto's ability to conduct traffic enforcement on key roadways, but city officials indicated on Monday that they are in no rush to pursue this potentially controversial solution without buy-in from the greater community.[Tuesday, November 22, 2016]
In expansion, Palo Alto's Junior Museum & Zoo eyes new features, fees
When Palo Alto's small but beloved Junior Museum & Zoo completes its renovation, visitors will gain access to new classrooms, more exhibits, enclosures with bobcats and meerkats, and a new “loose in the zoo” area where youthful animal lovers can roam in unison with birds and small mammals. One new feature, however, will likely be less popular than the rest: a ticket gate.[Tuesday, November 22, 2016]
Stanford prepares for next major chapter of campus expansion
Faced with a heavy demand for housing, evolving academic disciplines and anticipated growth in its undergraduate population, Stanford University is preparing to expand its campus by more than 2 million square feet over the next 17 years, according to an application the university submitted Monday with Santa Clara County.[Monday, November 21, 2016]
Police: Bike thief nabbed near Caltrain station in Palo Alto
Palo Alto police have arrested a man who allegedly used a power tool to saw a bicycle lock in an apparent attempt to steal a bike from the downtown Caltrain station on Monday afternoon.[Friday, November 18, 2016]
Downtown Palo Alto voters boosted growth-friendly council candidates to victory
Analysis of the Palo Alto election results precinct by precinct indicates that residents' support for Liz Kniss was emphatic and geographically dispersed, but other successful candidates did well in specific pockets of the city.[Wednesday, November 16, 2016]
Palo Alto eyes higher speed limits at busy roadways
Can higher speed limits slow down drivers on some of Palo Alto's busiest arteries? The idea may sound counterintuitive, if not absurd. But it's also one that the city is currently exploring at 14 different road stretches throughout the city.[Thursday, November 17, 2016]
New rules aim to promote architectural harmony in Palo Alto
Nothing disrupts neighborhood harmony like new buildings that don't seem to fit in. On Monday, Palo Alto officials took two actions that they hope will promote architectural compatibility and reduce tensions.[Tuesday, November 15, 2016]
Pro-Veenker group fined for mailer violation
The political group that formed earlier this year to support Vicki Veenker's bid for the state Assembly is facing a $2,500 fine for failing to include a proper disclaimer on one of its campaign advertisements.[Monday, November 14, 2016]