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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
City hopes to preserve Palo Alto Square theater
Two efforts -- one relying on grassroots democracy and the other rooted in the zoning code -- have emerged to try to save the CinéArts theater at 3000 El Camino Real in Palo Alto from closing.[Wednesday, July 27, 2016]
Palo Alto seeks to make 'waves' with traffic lights
Seeking to create a more efficient ride for local drivers and bicyclists, Palo Alto plans to reprogram traffic lights along several major corridors to create new "green waves" and "adaptive" signals along popular commute routes.[Tuesday, July 26, 2016]
New tenants sought for Cubberley Community Center
With its long-term future still in flux, Cubberley Community Center is preparing to welcome new tenants onto its sprawling campus to fill the space left behind by the departure of its largest tenant, Foothill College.[Friday, July 22, 2016]
Housing eyed near busy Palo Alto intersection
After seeing its initial bid rebuffed by Palo Alto officials, the development team looking to construct a four-story building at the bustling intersection of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road is having another go.[Friday, July 22, 2016]
After sniper shootings in the South, Palo Alto officers patrol in pairs
With recent shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge heightening tensions across America, the Palo Alto Police Department has changed its staffing policy to ensure that no officer rides alone.[Thursday, July 21, 2016]
CinéArts to shutter in August
Another cultural treasure in Palo Alto will flicker out of existence in August, when CinéArts at Palo Alto Square shuts down its operation, sources in the theater's parent company confirmed to the Palo Alto Weekly.[Wednesday, July 20, 2016]
Kniss to run for fresh term on Palo Alto City Council
Palo Alto Councilwoman Liz Kniss, a two-time mayor whose political resume includes stints on the city's school board, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the City Council, is gearing up for another political race.[Wednesday, July 20, 2016]
Closure of Foothills station ignites tension in Palo Alto Fire Department
For the past three decades, the seasonal fire station at Foothills Park has served as an insurance policy of sorts for the rolling, rural expanses on the west side of Palo Alto.[Tuesday, July 19, 2016]
Lydia Kou announces bid for Palo Alto City Council
Lydia Kou, a longtime neighborhood volunteer who in recent years has emerged as a leading critic of Palo Alto's land-use policies, announced Friday that she will be seeking a seat on the City Council in November.[Friday, July 15, 2016]
With redevelopment looming, businesses prepare to leave Palo Alto
When August comes to a close, it will spell the end of an era for the roughly two dozen Palo Alto businesses that have been occupying one of the city's most conspicuous and unusual buildings.[Thursday, July 14, 2016]