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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
Larry Ellison buys Epiphany Hotel in Palo Alto
Larry Ellison, one of Silicon Valley's wealthiest and most extravagant high-tech titans, has added to his collection of riches one of downtown Palo Alto's most visible properties: the Epiphany on Hamilton Avenue.[Monday, September 14, 2015]
Train hits unoccupied car at East Meadow Drive crossing in Palo Alto
A northbound Caltrain train struck an unoccupied vehicle at the East Meadow Drive crossing in Palo Alto on Sunday night, crushing the car's front end, forcing the closure of the northbound track and stranding passengers inside the train for more than an hour. No one was reportedly injured.[Sunday, September 13, 2015]
Historic board deals blow to project at former Shady Lane site
A proposal to construct a four-story building on the prominent downtown corner of University Avenue and Kipling Street suffered another setback Thursday morning when Palo Alto's Historic Resources Board concluded that the project's impacts on existing historical structures has to be re-evaluated.[Thursday, September 10, 2015]
Neighborhood wins support for banning two-story homes
A grassroots effort in Palo Alto to ban two-story homes in Eichler neighborhoods is on the cusp of its first big victory after the city's Planning and Transportation Commission on Wednesday threw its support behind a zone change requested by residents of the Los Arboles neighborhood.[Wednesday, September 9, 2015]
Palo Alto mulls new strategies for getting businesses to register
Simple requests didn't work. Neither did the fliers, the visits or the threats. Now, Palo Alto officials are considering new ideas for getting local companies to sign up for the city's new Business Registry.[Thursday, September 10, 2015]
Competition casts large shadow over Palo Alto's fiber effort
For more than 15 years, Palo Alto has been chasing a dream of bringing ultra high-speed Internet to every local household, only to watch it spark to life in places like Kansas City, Chattanooga and Austin. Last week, city officials agreed that now is the time to wait a little longer.[Wednesday, September 9, 2015]
High-speed rail shifts focus back to the Bay Area
After gaining some momentum in the Central Valley, California's beleaguered high-speed rail project is now hoping for a fresh start – and a smoother journey – on the Peninsula.[Wednesday, September 9, 2015]
Council to mull development proposed for Palo Alto's most congested intersection
When Palo Alto officials put the brakes on its controversial "planned-community" zoning process early last year, they also dealt a blow to the only development currently seeking this zoning designation: a four-story building proposed for the bustling intersection of Page Mill Road and El Camino Real.[Tuesday, September 8, 2015]
Debate over new parkland leaves nursery's future uncertain
Tucked away on the western edge of Foothills Park, the newest addition to Palo Alto's park system doesn't have any benches, picnic areas or walking trails to distinguish it from other parts of the scenic preserve.[Friday, September 4, 2015]
New parks, bathrooms top Palo Alto's list of recreation needs
With Palo Alto preparing to unveil a new vision for recreation, some residents are calling for more nature, whether new neighborhood parks or enhanced pathways at existing preserves. But for many others, the more pressing issue is where to go when nature calls. New parks -- and new bathrooms at existing parks -- featured prominently in the City Council's discussion this week of the new mater plan.[Saturday, September 5, 2015]