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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 favors new rules for downtown retail
Retail in downtown Palo Alto isn't broken and doesn't need fixing. It could, however, use some protection, particularly when it comes to ensuring a diversity of uses and preventing conversions of shops to office use, the City Council agreed Monday as it considered a new law to address the issue.[Tuesday, October 18, 2016]
Fire station prepares for migration to Baylands
After serving the neighborhoods around Rinconada Park for more than 50 years, Fire Station 3 is preparing for a brief migration, followed by a rebirth. The City Council agreed Monday night to build a temporary station in the Baylands, while the old station is getting replaced.[Tuesday, October 18, 2016]
Large checks boost campaigns of Kou, Keller
A handful of hefty contributions over the past week have provided a financial boost to Palo Alto City Council candidates Arthur Keller and Lydia Kou, more than doubling their campaign chests and lifting them to the top tier of the 11-person field when it comes to cash raised.[Friday, October 14, 2016]
New law would keep outdoor pot growth illegal in Palo Alto
If California voters approve Proposition 64 in November, they will make it legal for anyone over 21 to smoke marijuana and to harvest up to six plants in an indoor setting for personal use. But Palo Alto gardeners wishing to grow pot in the outdoors may be in for a major buzzkill.[Saturday, October 15, 2016]
Palo Alto looks to beef up retail requirements downtown
Yoga studios, barbershops and nail salons will not be allowed to open shop on the ground floor of buildings in Palo Alto's busiest commercial strip under a proposed “retail protection” ordinance that the City Council will discuss Monday night.[Thursday, October 13, 2016]
Greg Tanaka
For Greg Tanaka, who has spent six years on the city's Planning and Transportation Commission and last year served as the commission's chair, community buy-in is key to any major decision.[Friday, October 14, 2016]
Greer Stone
Council candidate Greer Stone believes the city can do a lot more to help those in need -- those who find themselves on the fringes of Palo Alto's upper crust.[Friday, October 14, 2016]
Don McDougall
When Don McDougall talks about building a sustainable city -- which is quite often -- he's not just talking about Teslas and solar panels.[Friday, October 14, 2016]
Danielle Martell
Danielle Martell doesn't do candidate forums, kick-off parties, endorsement interviews or election questionnaires.[Friday, October 14, 2016]
Lydia Kou
Lydia Kou is always prepared for the next disaster, whether it's an earthquake or a new office building that she believes is threatening Palo Alto's quality of life.[Friday, October 14, 2016]