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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
Midpeninsula Media Center supporters challenge critical audit
Dozens of filmmakers, show producers and community activists rallied at City Hall on Tuesday in a show of support for the Midpeninsula Media Center after an audit accused the Palo Alto-based nonprofit of misusing $1.4 million in cable fees between 2010 and 2013.[Wednesday, May 11, 2016]
Council endorses parking restrictions for Evergreen Park, Southgate
Evergreen Park and Southgate will soon join the growing ranks of Palo Alto neighborhoods where residents and visitors will need parking permits to leave their cars on the street for longer than two hours.[Tuesday, May 10, 2016]
Proposed office-and-condo complex raises concerns in Palo Alto
A proposal to demolish an office building in downtown Palo Alto and replace it with an office-and-condominiums development that would have more than twice the square footage is raising alarms among residents who believe it will worsen the area's traffic conditions and clash with the adjacent residential neighborhood.[Friday, May 6, 2016]
Audit blasts Midpeninsula Community Media Center over spending of fees
Midpeninsula Community Media Center, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that produces educational shows, hosts video classes and broadcasts government meetings, inappropriately used $1.4 million in cable fees between 2010 and 2014, according to a scathing audit from the office of City Auditor Harriet Richardson.[Friday, May 6, 2016]
Palo Alto eyes business tax to fight traffic congestion
Despite widespread anxiety about traffic congestion, Palo Alto residents aren't entirely sold on a new business tax that would help pay for shuttles, bike boulevards and other transportation improvements, a new poll shows.[Wednesday, May 4, 2016]
Council halts Royal Manor's bid to ban two-story homes
A divisive proposal to ban new two-story homes in the Royal Manor neighborhood faltered at the finish line Monday night when Palo Alto officials decided after a long debate not to move ahead with a zone change requested by more than 60 percent of its residents.[Monday, May 2, 2016]
Strong fundraising boosts Marc Berman, Vicki Veenker in state Assembly race
Palo Alto Councilman Marc Berman raised $104,481 in the latest reporting period for his bid to succeed Rich Gordon in the state Assembly, more than any of his seven competitors, campaign-finance documents show. But Vicki Veenker isn't far behind.[Monday, May 2, 2016]
Faircourt joins movement to ban new two-story homes
As Palo Alto officials prepare to rule on a contentious proposal to ban new two-story homes and additions in the Eichler community of Royal Manor, a similar debate is starting to surface nearby, in a 50-home tract known as Faircourt.[Thursday, April 28, 2016]
Commission: Don't make neighborhoods compete for parking programs
The causes are different, but the problem facing the four Palo Alto neighborhoods seeking help from the city is the same: a worsening parking shortage that is leaving residents fuming.[Thursday, April 28, 2016]
Policing surveillance in Palo Alto
The tendency of policy to lag behind technology is nothing new when it comes to body-worn cameras, automatic license-plate readers, drones and other investigative tools.[Friday, April 29, 2016]