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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
Resident appeal seeks to nix downtown Palo Alto development
A proposal to construct a three-story building next to a historic home on Lytton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto is facing resistance, with more than a dozen residents signing an appeal petition calling for the City Council to strike down the recently approved project.[Thursday, June 16, 2016]
Budget reflects Palo Alto's growing resources, problems
It's a problem many communities would envy: a sizzling economy that pumps an ever increasing stream of cash into municipal coffers. But as the Palo Alto City Council acknowledged in approving the city's new budget Monday night, prosperity carries its own costs.[Tuesday, June 14, 2016]
Palo Alto budget takes aim at transportation challenges
If the budget is truly a reflection of a city's priorities, as it is often said, then solving the city's daunting parking and traffic problems will remain a leading item on Palo Alto's agenda for the coming year, the proposed budget for fiscal year 2017 suggests.[Friday, June 10, 2016]
Palo Alto police seek man involved in burglary spree
Two gas stations, a dry cleaners and an ice cream shop were burglarized over the past 10 days by a hooded man who, in each case, broke into the businesses overnight and took money from the cash register, according to Palo Alto police.[Thursday, June 9, 2016]
Analysis: Hometown candidates did well with their voters
In the race for a seat in the 24th Assembly District, Palo Alto voters overwhelmingly chose the two local candidates: City Councilman Marc Berman and patent attorney Vicki Veenker.[Thursday, June 9, 2016]
Palo Alto cheers for Sanders, votes for Clinton
When the ballots from local precincts were counted Tuesday night, it became clear that, for all the buzz generated by Bernie Sanders' rally last week, Palo Alto is very much Hillary Clinton's turf.[Thursday, June 9, 2016]
Election: Berman, Veenker lead the pack in Assembly race
Palo Alto Councilman Marc Berman cruised to a first-place finish in the race to succeed Rich Gordon in the 24th Assembly District, while attorney Vicki Veenker was holding on to a slim edge over Menlo Park Councilman Peter Ohtaki for second place early Wednesday morning, according to the Santa Clara and San Mateo County registrars.[Tuesday, June 7, 2016]
Businesses blast proposed office restrictions in Palo Alto
As Palo Alto prepares to adopt a new plan to guide future development, some of the city's largest companies are rising up against proposed policies that would regulate employee numbers and require businesses to obtain special permits before they could build new office facilities.[Tuesday, June 7, 2016]
Council hits the brakes on Mercedes proposal
A proposal to build a Mercedes-Benz dealership at the former site of Ming's Restaurant hit a dead end Tuesday morning when an ambivalent City Council ruled that the three-story building would be too tall for its environmentally sensitive surroundings in the Palo Alto Baylands.[Tuesday, June 7, 2016]
Labor groups boost Berman, Veenker in state Assembly bids
With the primary election fast approaching, Palo Alto Councilman Marc Berman and patent attorney Vicki Veenker are getting late boosts from labor groups and political-action committees for their respective bids to succeed Rich Gordon in the 24th Assembly District.[Friday, June 3, 2016]