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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
Park plan calls for more restrooms, dog parks and native habitats
Pingpong tables at Lytton Plaza. Three new athletic fields near the Baylands. Six dog parks and seven restrooms scattered throughout Palo Alto parks. These are some of the amenities that the city is considering as part of its efforts to revamp the city's popular park system.[Tuesday, July 12, 2016]
Palo Alto opts to trim trees, not budget
Money doesn't grow on trees, even in Palo Alto, which has plenty of both. Money does, however, help determine how well the trees grow. And with budget challenges looming on the horizon, city officials are wondering if it's possible to save the former without imperiling the latter.[Friday, July 8, 2016]
City prepares to shift gears on bike-share program
It's been a banner year for biking in Palo Alto: New bicycle boulevards, green lanes and "sharrow" ("share the road") markings have popped up in one neighborhood after another, and city officials have vowed to do even more in the months ahead to get the community pedaling.[Friday, July 8, 2016]
To get more affordable housing, Palo Alto may charge developers stiff fees
In their latest attempt to address the city's worsening housing crisis, Palo Alto officials are preparing to sharply raise -- and in some cases, triple -- the fees that developers are required to contribute to the city's affordable-housing program.[Saturday, July 9, 2016]
Man arrested in Palo Alto for firing stun gun at cab driver
Palo Alto police have arrested a San Jose resident who they said repeatedly discharged a stun gun at a taxi driver after refusing to pay his cab fare early Thursday morning.[Thursday, June 30, 2016]
Palo Alto eyes new ways to manage storm water
For decades, Palo Alto's storm drains have functioned like hidden highways, ferrying water away from local streets and into the Bay. Now, as the city prepares to upgrade the system, officials are looking for ways to harvest and manage -- rather than dump -- storm-water runoff.[Thursday, June 30, 2016]
After toxic discovery, council approves changes to Stanford's housing project
The discovery of a cancer-causing chemical at a construction site prompted Stanford University to redesign its new faculty-housing development on California Avenue. It also triggered concerns from College Terrace residents about whether the toxins may have migrated toward their own homes.[Wednesday, June 29, 2016]
Maybell housing development wins approval
A former orchard on Maybell Avenue that three years ago was at the center of a citizen revolt in Palo Alto will soon be the site of 16 single-family homes under a development proposal that the City Council approved Monday night.[Wednesday, June 29, 2016]
Palo Alto drops plan for November tax measure
A drive to place a tax measure on the November ballot in Palo Alto screeched to a halt on Monday night, when the City Council agreed that it needs more time to craft the proposal and mollify the opposition.[Tuesday, June 28, 2016]
Palo Alto, Housing Authority back plan to save Buena Vista
An effort to save Palo Alto's only mobile-home park from redevelopment took a critical step forward Monday night, when the City Council unanimously agreed to join a partnership that would make the purchase and preservation of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park possible. The Housing of Santa Clara County followed suit Tuesday with its own unanimous vote.[Monday, June 27, 2016]