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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
Drought drives up electric costs in Palo Alto
After seven years of stability, Palo Alto's electric ratepayers could soon be in for a series of jolts, as the state's prolonged drought continues to take its toll on both the city's hydroelectric supplies and its cash reserves.[Wednesday, March 2, 2016]
Palo Alto takes block-by-block approach to climate change
Can a city block become a building block in Palo Alto's battle against climate change? That's the question city officials hope will be answered as part of a new experiment that the City Council approved Monday night.[Tuesday, March 1, 2016]
New plan seeks truce between CPI and Barron Park neighbors
Seeking to clear the air in the toxic feud between Barron Park residents and Communication & Power Industries, Palo Alto officials on Monday threw their support behind a compromise that would give the manufacturer more time to relocate its controversial plating shop.[Monday, February 29, 2016]
Police: Man booked for harassing teen at city lot
Palo Alto police have arrested a man who they said harassed a teenager in a parking lot near California Avenue shortly after an unusual interaction with Girl Scouts Sunday afternoon, Feb. 21.[Thursday, February 25, 2016]
Brain magic
James Doty, a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and director of the Center of Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, is the author of "Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart."[Thursday, February 25, 2016]
Traffic looms large in Pat Burt's 'State of the City' speech
Steep housing prices, excessive office growth and a prolonged drought all loom as challenges for Palo Alto's future, but it was the city's efforts to deal with worsening traffic and parking problems that dominated Mayor Pat Burt's "State of the City" speech Wednesday night.[Wednesday, February 24, 2016]
Palo Alto expands downtown's parking program
A heated standoff between downtown residents and business leaders over parking spots reached its climax Tuesday afternoon, when the City Council approved a controversial policy that would gradually reduce the number of permits that would be sold to employees.[Tuesday, February 23, 2016]
Palo Alto struggles to keep up with job growth
The problems are clear: too many jobs, too much traffic and a housing shortage that is pushing long-time residents out of Palo Alto and allowing only the wealthiest in. The solutions, however, remained hazy Monday night, despite years of analysis by city staff and about four hours of deliberation by the City Council.[Tuesday, February 23, 2016]
Assembly candidates square off in Democratic forum
The race to succeed Assemblyman Rich Gordon in Sacramento kicked off in earnest on Sunday afternoon at a forum in Los Altos when five candidates looking to represent the 24th District offered their thoughts on high-speed rail, affordable housing, the legalization of marijuana and other issues of interest to Silicon Valley.[Sunday, February 21, 2016]
Man booked after alleged south Palo Alto crime spree
A man who allegedly used a bright blue bike as part of short crime spree in south Palo Alto on Thursday evening was arrested later in the day while sitting on bus bench.[Sunday, February 21, 2016]