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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
Council election shakes up Palo Alto's planning commission
The results of this week's City Council election in Palo Alto spell another shakeup for one of the city's most important commissions, which on Tuesday saw two of its members elected to council and which on Wednesday elected a new chair and vice chair.[Thursday, November 10, 2016]
Marc Berman edges out Vicki Veenker for Assembly seat
In a tight race that split the region's Democratic establishment, Palo Alto City Councilman Marc Berman has edged out attorney Vicki Veenker to represent Assembly District 24 in Sacramento.[Wednesday, November 9, 2016]
Kniss, Tanaka, Kou and Fine emerge victorious in Palo Alto's council race
In a heated City Council race largely centered on Palo Alto's growth policies, Liz Kniss, Greg Tanaka, Lydia Kou and Adrian Fine were the victorious candidates on Tuesday night, a result that tilts the council majority away from the slow-growth "residentialist" camp and toward those more amenable toward new developments.[Tuesday, November 8, 2016]
Palo Alto ratchets up pressure on Edgewood Plaza developer
First, they lost their neighborhood grocery store. Then, their patience. Now, residents near Edgewood Plaza are hoping that a stiffer fine will finally prompt the developer, Sand Hill Property Company, to deliver the goods.[Tuesday, November 8, 2016]
Dog helps Palo Alto police nab suspected copper thieves
Palo Alto police got some help from a surveillance camera and dog in arresting an uncle and a nephew who were allegedly trying to burglarize a vacant commercial building in Stanford Research Park on Sunday morning, police said.[Thursday, November 3, 2016]
Palo Alto looks to fine developers who fail traffic-reduction goals
Trust but verify. The dictum, made famous by Ronald Reagan in discussing Soviet arms control, is gradually becoming Palo Alto's unofficial stance toward "transportation-demand management," the idea that developers can reduce the traffic and parking impacts of their new projects by equipping occupants with transit passes, bicycle amenities and shuttles.[Wednesday, November 2, 2016]
New plan aims to boost Palo Alto's parks
From pickleball courts and community gardens to dog runs and nature trails, everyone in Palo Alto seems to have an idea for improving the city's already popular park system. Now, the city is putting the finishing touches on the city's first parks master plan -- a document that will aim to turn these proposals into reality.[Wednesday, November 2, 2016]
With Election Day looming, Keller and Kou lead race for cash
In a City Council race in which conflict over campaign contributions has served as a proxy for philosophical disagreements over development and the city's future, both the pro-growth and slow-growth groups of candidates have amassed about the same total contributions. Individually, however, candidates Arthur Keller and Lydia Kou have commanding leads in funds raised.[Wednesday, November 2, 2016]
Palo Alto explores new direction for Baylands bike bridge
The Palo Alto City Council will get its first look at the preliminary designs for a bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101, a proposed structure that has been in the works for five years.[Monday, October 31, 2016]
Assembly race splits Democratic establishment
Unlike in recent years, where the district's anointed Democrat rolled to a comfortable Election Day victory, this year's Assembly race has split the Democratic establishment into two camps.[Friday, October 28, 2016]