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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
Two-story homes banned in Greer Park North
In a decision that left the majority in the audience cheering and a sizable minority seething, Palo Alto officials agreed early Tuesday morning to ban two-story homes in the Greer Park North neighborhood.[Thursday, December 3, 2015]
Palo Alto prepares to plumb the mysteries of groundwater
The millions of gallons of water that have been pumped out of Palo Alto sites this year and sent toward the city's storm drains have historically been viewed as a byproduct of basement construction, rather than a valuable resource going to waste. Now, with the drought in full effect and the citizenry up in arms, the city is looking to change that.[Wednesday, December 2, 2015]
Council tries to narrow rift with planning commission
They are either the unsung heroes of Palo Alto's planning process or a rogue group of pro-growth advocates with a recent tendency to provoke, rather than support the City Council. Whatever one's view, it's hard to deny the recent rupture between the council and city's Planning and Transportation Commission -- a problem that the two bodies addressed at a joint meeting Monday night.[Tuesday, December 1, 2015]
Two-story homes banned in Greer Park North
In a decision that left the majority in the audience cheering and a sizable minority seething, Palo Alto officials agreed early Tuesday morning to ban two-story homes in the Greer Park North neighborhood.[Tuesday, December 1, 2015]
Council deals a blow to contested University Avenue project
The bitter tug-of-war between a developer looking to construct a four-story building on University Avenue and neighbors who say the proposal is too massive for the area will likely extend deep into next year after the City Council demanded on Monday a fresh round of public hearings and design revisions for the controversial project.[Monday, November 30, 2015]
Bomb squad detonates grenade at Stanford Research Park
A building at Stanford Research Park was evacuated Monday afternoon after a construction crew discovered a hand grenade while digging at the site, triggering a response from the county bomb squad.[Monday, November 30, 2015]
Palo Alto prepares to ban two-story homes in Greer Park North
Weeks after the Palo Alto approved a request from Los Arboles residents to ban new two-story homes in their Eichler neighborhood, officials will consider a similar proposal from Greer Park North.[Saturday, November 28, 2015]
As Palo Alto's fiber hopes grow, so do costs
As Palo Alto forges ahead with a plan to bring high-speed Internet access to every local home and business, city staff is struggling to keep up both with the rapid changes in the broadband market and with the City Council's growing ambitions.[Saturday, November 28, 2015]
Palo Alto residents pumped up about groundwater 'waste'
With California's drought stretching through its fourth year, the sight of water gushing out of Palo Alto's construction sites has drained the patience of Keith Bennett and his neighbors in the Crescent Park, Old Palo Alto and Community Center neighborhoods.[Friday, November 27, 2015]
Council set to rule on divisive downtown development
To Elizabeth Wong, the building she's proposed for the prominent corner of University Avenue and Kipling Street is exactly what the city needs and what Palo Alto's design guidelines seek to encourage. On Nov. 30, it'll be up to the City Council to decide whether she's right.[Wednesday, November 25, 2015]