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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
For easing traffic jams, Palo Alto pins hopes on nonprofit
As Palo Alto looks ahead toward adopting a new long-term vision for transportation, officials are increasingly leaning on a new and yet unproven nonprofit to solve some of the city's most complex and longest festering traffic problems.[Wednesday, September 21, 2016]
Embarcadero project aims to give bicyclists a smoother ride
For Palo Alto's bicyclists and drivers, the bustling stretch of Embarcadero Road near El Camino Real isn't just a shared commuter artery. It's also a shared source of frustration. On Monday, the City Council approved a project that officials hope will create a easier commute for everyone.[Tuesday, September 20, 2016]
Caltrain collides with truck, halting service
A collision between a Caltrain train and a pickup truck halted all train service in south Palo Alto for about an hour late Monday afternoon. The truck driver was transported to the hospital shortly after the crash.[Monday, September 19, 2016]
Trio of suspects sought in Palo Alto burglary
Palo Alto police are looking for three people who allegedly broke into an unoccupied home in the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, shuffled through the homeowner's possessions and took off with a computer tablet on Wednesday night.[Monday, September 19, 2016]
Council candidates make their pitches at Palo Alto forum
A new senior center in south Palo Alto. A completely redeveloped Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. Also, more action, better financial management and increased community trust. Those are some of the things that 10 City Council candidates proposed and promised during a Thursday afternoon forum.[Friday, September 16, 2016]
With Ford's help, city looks to accelerate bike sharing
Palo Alto's small and underused bike-share system would undergo a ten-fold expansion and a technological makeover under a partnership that the city is negotiating with Motivate, which operates the existing network and which is working with Ford Motor Company on a new Bay Area-wide program.[Friday, September 16, 2016]
Board rejects Zuckerberg's plans for Palo Alto homes
Mark Zuckerberg's plan to demolish and replace his four homes in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood took an unexpected turn Thursday morning when the city's Architectural Review Board recommended denying his application, arguing that the proposed “compound” clashes with the city's official vision for single-family neighborhoods.[Thursday, September 15, 2016]
New deal to keep CinéArts Theatre open for two years
Film lovers will be able to catch movies at Palo Alto's popular CinéArts theater for the next two years, thanks to a new deal between the theater's parent company and the property owner of Palo Alto Square, the city announced Thursday morning.[Thursday, September 15, 2016]
Palo Alto prepares to replace Baylands boardwalk
The timber boardwalk stretching from the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center to the marshy nature preserve is among the most popular features of the city's extensive Baylands trail network. Now the city is on its way to replacing the venerable structure, an effort that is projected to cost about $1.5 million and to be completed in 2020.[Wednesday, September 14, 2016]
El Camino housing project earns cautious support
For Palo Alto's housing advocates, the apartment complex proposed for the busy corner of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road represents the perfect model for dealing with the city's housing shortage. For the project's critics, it's a ghastly example of zoning policies gone awry. For the City Council, the truth is somewhere in the middle, members indicated Monday.[Tuesday, September 13, 2016]