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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
Council switches gears on Midtown bike project
Despite political and technical roadblocks, Palo Alto officials signaled Monday night that they they are still looking at Matadero Creek as a partial solution for improving east-west connections for local bicyclists in the Midtown area.[Tuesday, November 10, 2015]
Eichler enclave wins ban on two-story homes
Los Arboles residents take pride in their neighborhood's diversity, but they are fairly united when it comes to the topic of building heights. On Monday, they scored a victory when the City Council granted their request to ban new two-story homes.[Monday, November 9, 2015]
Two new bills aim to lower volume on airplane noise
Responding to an upswell of concern from constituents about increasing airplane noise, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo is co-sponsoring a pair of bills that she hopes will restore some peace to local skies.[Friday, November 6, 2015]
Palo Alto set to expand Styrofoam ban
As part of the city's ongoing war against the Styrofoam, the City Council is preparing to consider an expansion of the city's existing ordinance, which was adopted in 2010 and covers Styrofoam containers at local food service establishments.[Saturday, November 7, 2015]
Fixes on the way for popular Baylands attraction
Palo Alto is moving ahead with renovating the beloved Lucy Evans Baylands Interpretive Center with the goal of improving the facility without modifying its Baylands-friendly character.[Friday, November 6, 2015]
Midtown bike project veers off course
Both in terms of geography and significance, the proposed bike path along Matadero Creek was supposed to be the centerpiece of Palo Alto's bike-improvement boom. But a series of complications, both technical and political, are now forcing the city to abandon this project and consider new routes for improving east-west connections.[Thursday, November 5, 2015]
Palo Alto set to restrict two-story homes at Los Arboles
For residents of the Los Arboles, the squat and glass-doored Eichler isn't just the architectural norm — it's a symbol of the neighborhood's identity. On Nov. 9, they will appeal to the Palo Alto City Council to help them preserve the distinct Eichler character of the neighborhood by two-story homes.[Wednesday, November 4, 2015]
Peninsula cities call for new Bus Rapid Transit options
A proposal to create bus-only lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose has hit a political speed bump, with a committee of elected officials from cities along the corridor coming out against the controversial reconfiguration and requesting an analysis of new alternatives.[Thursday, October 29, 2015]
New appointments made for key Palo Alto commissions
With the relationship between the City Council and the Planning and Transportation Commission hitting a low in recent months, the council on Monday night appointed a new member that it hopes will help restore cooperation between the two bodies.[Thursday, October 29, 2015]
Bike projects expand, evolve in Palo Alto
From Homer Avenue in the north to Charleston Road in the south, Palo Alto's elaborate system of bike boulevards continues to morph and expand, at times in ways not previously foreseen.[Tuesday, October 27, 2015]