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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
Police: Person used phone to photograph woman in shower
A prowler walked up to an open bathroom window in the Ventura neighborhood and used a cell phone to photograph a woman taking a shower Friday night, Palo Alto police said.[Tuesday, June 16, 2015]
Council backs new roadmap for Project Safety Net
Project Safety Net, a Palo Alto coalition formed in 2009 in response to a cluster of teenager suicides, will have a new leader, vision and organizational structure under a proposal that the City Council approved Monday night.[Tuesday, June 16, 2015]
Page Mill development clears final hurdle
The sizzling construction climate around California Avenue turned even hotter Tuesday morning when the City Council narrowly approved a three-story development near one of Palo Alto's busiest intersections.[Tuesday, June 16, 2015]
Council split on office-growth cap
The goal may be be clear, but the details continue to bedevil the Palo Alto City Council, which struggled on Monday night to reach a consensus about a proposed cap on new office development.[Tuesday, June 16, 2015]
Motorcyclist dies after crash near Alpine Road
A 24-year-old man died near Skyline Boulevard on Saturday afternoon after the motorcycle he was riding drifted off an embankment just south of Alpine Road and crashed into several trees, according to California Highway Patrol.[Sunday, June 14, 2015]
New trash contract to help fuel 9 percent rate hike
Composting services in Palo Alto would be expanded, promoted and, in many cases, required under a significant contract overhaul that the city is set to implement with its trash hauler, GreenWaste of Palo Alto.[Saturday, June 13, 2015]
Court halts construction of cell tower at Little League park
Having failed to sway Palo Alto's boards, commissions and City Council members, opponents of a proposed cell tower at the Little League Ball Park on Middlefield Road are now taking their case to court.[Friday, June 12, 2015]
Controversial Page Mill development up for review
Few projects better encapsulate everything that locals love and loathe about new developments than the three-story building proposed for an eclectic block of Page Mill Road.[Friday, June 12, 2015]
Palo Alto looks to calm traffic on bustling bike route
Palo Alto's busiest bike route may soon be furnished with wider bike lanes, enhanced crosswalks and a host of traffic-calming measures under a proposal that the Planning and Transportation Commission endorsed for Park Boulevard on Wednesday evening.[Wednesday, June 10, 2015]
Police: Knife-wielding burglar nabbed in Crescent Park
A wig-wearing woman who police said used a hide-a-key to enter a Crescent Park home and then threatened the homeowner with a ceremonial dagger was arrested as she attempted to flee the scene Tuesday morning.[Wednesday, June 10, 2015]