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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
Palo Alto asked to contribute toward Avenidas expansion
As Palo Alto's senior population continues to expand, the downtown nonprofit that serves this growing population is trying to do the same.[Friday, October 16, 2015]
Group crafts a roadmap for new anti-traffic nonprofit
Right now, they are a group of downtown stakeholders and transportation experts debating pilot programs and funding structures. Sometime next year, the group is slated to become a full-fledged nonprofit dedicated to tackling the city's biggest problem: traffic.[Friday, October 16, 2015]
In search of the new commute
As traffic and parking problems continue to plague downtown Palo Alto, the city is pinning its hopes on a new nonprofit tasked with steering people away from their cars and toward other modes of transportation. But before the Transportation Management Association can solve the city's biggest problem, it has to figure out how to sustain its own existence.[Friday, October 16, 2015]
Police: Woman robbed near downtown transit center
Palo Alto police are seeking a man who allegedly robbed a woman of her purse near the University Avenue transit center shortly after she got off the bus early Wednesday morning.[Wednesday, October 14, 2015]
Greer Park North pursues ban on two-story homes
Just weeks after they endorsed a proposal to ban new two-story homes in the Los Arboles neighborhood, Palo Alto's planning commissioners took a decidedly more skeptical stance toward a similar request from the residents of Greer Park North.[Wednesday, October 14, 2015]
Palo Alto blasts high-speed rail project for moving too fast
With plans for California's high-speed rail system accelerating on the Peninsula, Palo Alto officials on Tuesday ramped up their opposition to a process that they argue is moving too fast and in the wrong direction.[Wednesday, October 14, 2015]
Man booked for stabbing outside Happy Donuts
Palo Alto police have arrested a man who they believe stabbed another man in the back in an alleyway behind Happy Donuts last month.[Sunday, October 11, 2015]
Palo Alto seeks greater voice in regional transportation projects
Palo Alto takes great pride in being a worldwide leader in technology and conservation, but when it comes to transportation improvements the city has always relied on the kindness — or mercy — of strangers.[Saturday, October 10, 2015]
New cameras to count Palo Alto bikers, pedestrians
Dozens of cameras will be installed on utility poles throughout Palo Alto as part of the city's latest attempt to gauge the comings and goings of local bicyclists and pedestrians.[Thursday, October 8, 2015]
Palo Alto scraps parking exemptions for downtown developments
In their latest attempt to solve downtown's parking frustrations, Palo Alto officials on Monday night agreed to strike from the books several provisions that offer developers parking exemptions.[Tuesday, October 6, 2015]