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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
Block-long development approved for Olive Garden site
The already sizzling construction climate around California Avenue is set to heat up even further after the City Council approved on Monday night a proposal to demolish the Olive Garden restaurant on El Camino Real and replace it with a mixed-use development featuring offices, condominiums and retail space.[Tuesday, May 24, 2016]
Independent groups pump cash into Assembly campaign
With the crowded race to succeed Assemblyman Rich Gordon in the 24th District heading into the final stretch, independent political action committees are throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars into the contest in hopes of influencing the outcome. So far, Palo Alto City Councilman Marc Berman has been the chief beneficiary.[Monday, May 23, 2016]
UPDATE: Sketch shows would-be Crescent Park burglar
Two men who police say kicked down a door of a Crescent Park home Thursday afternoon in an apparent burglary attempt fled the scene empty-handed after a resident startled them.[Friday, May 20, 2016]
The case for resilience
The city's Office of Emergency Services has recently partnered with the nonprofit Clean Coalition to develop a "microgrid" at Cubberley Community Center, the sprawling south Palo Alto campus that could potentially serve as an emergency shelter during a major disaster.[Friday, May 20, 2016]
A push toward solar power, a retreat from natural gas
Since Palo Alto launched its own electric utility in 1900, its quest for power has involved everything from Belgian-made diesel engines to Lake County geysers belching out energy born beneath the surface of the Earth.[Friday, May 20, 2016]
Palo Alto doubles down on solar energy
With prices hitting new lows, Palo Alto is banking on solar power to make its electricity supply cleaner, cheaper and more reliable. It is also upending the traditional relationship between City of Palo Alto Utilities and its customers.[Friday, May 20, 2016]
Palo Alto seeks to reboot bike-bridge project
After their first bid to create a "landmark" bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 took an unfortunate turn, Palo Alto officials are now preparing to scale down their expectations and start over with a new design for the $13 million project.[Saturday, May 21, 2016]
Palo Alto council urged to 'go big' on housing
Go big on housing. That's the message that about a hundred Palo Alto residents delivered to the City Council on Monday -- in person and through letters -- as the council prepared to debate the city's long-term future.[Wednesday, May 18, 2016]
Council nixes planned Hamilton Avenue development
A contentious proposal to demolish an office building on Hamilton Avenue and replace it with a mixed-use development with roughly twice the square footage fizzled Monday night after fierce backlash from the surrounding community.[Tuesday, May 17, 2016]
New bike corridors get green light in Palo Alto
Palo Alto's ambitious plan to making biking easier and safer on local streets received a burst of momentum this week when the City Council enthusiastically endorsed the creation of three new bike corridors, along with an enhancement of the city's pioneering bike boulevard on Bryant Street.[Thursday, May 12, 2016]