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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
Housing plan for Maybell site wins neighborhood support
Three years after residents rose up to oppose and, ultimately, defeat a proposed housing development on Maybell Avenue, some of the project's fiercest opponents are once again uniting to offer their views about the latest redevelopment plan for the former orchard.[Thursday, April 14, 2016]
Palo Alto looks to new signs, sensors to steer drivers to parking garages
As downtown's parking landscape continues to shift, Palo Alto officials increasingly find themselves debating new parking-permit programs, new garages and new transportation options that would make cars unnecessary.[Tuesday, April 12, 2016]
Palo Alto eyes new rules to promote architectural harmony
From office buildings derided as "glass boxes" to a multi-family complex panned as a "fortress," examples abound of new developments that provoke ire in Palo Alto's citizen critics. Now, the City Council is hoping to fix this problem by rewriting the "findings" that must be made before a project wins approval.[Tuesday, April 12, 2016]
Palo Alto workers to get raises in new contracts
After years of relatively flat wages, Palo Alto's police officers, firefighters and the nearly 600 workers represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will see salaries increases under new terms that the City Council is set to review and approve on Monday night.[Saturday, April 9, 2016]
New carpool service revs up in Palo Alto
Scoop, which this week rolled out its services in downtown Palo Alto and in the Stanford Research Park, has a simple pitch for Palo Alto: For $1, an employee can get a ride to work from someone who, in many cases, lives just down the street and works in the same office building.[Friday, April 8, 2016]
Palo Alto, Mountain View eye new agreement on recycled water
Thirsty for new recycled-water projects, Palo Alto, Mountain View and other Peninsula cities are rethinking old partnerships, exploring new technologies and considering new collaborations that would expand the existing "purple pipe" system into new areas.[Tuesday, April 5, 2016]
Plan to rebuild Hotel Parmani faces zoning hurdle
Located at the doorstep of the sprawling and bustling Stanford Research Park, the two-story Hotel Parmani keeps a decidedly low profile. Now the hotel owner hopes to change that by replacing the 1948 building with a modern new four-story hotel -- a plan that hinges on a exception from the city's zoning code.[Tuesday, April 5, 2016]
'Mendocino Fire' brings together literary gems from Stanford's short-story master
Fractured relationships and moments of terrifying clarity are scattered throughout the 10 masterful stories that make up "Mendocino Fire," Elizabeth Tallent's first published short-story collection in more than 20 years and a nominee for the PEN/Faulkner award.[Friday, April 1, 2016]
Peninsula cities team up on new recycled water projects
Seeking to spur greater use of recycled water in the region, Palo Alto, Mountain View, East Palo Alto and members of the Santa Clara Valley Water District have formed a new committee that is jointly exploring a major regional project.[Friday, April 1, 2016]
Two Palo Alto neighborhoods seek parking restrictions
As downtown Palo Alto prepares for new parking restrictions on its residential streets, two other sections of the city have applied for their own programs aimed at keeping non-residents from leaving cars on their blocks.[Thursday, March 31, 2016]