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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
Santa Clara County in a 'race against the clock' to save Buena Vista
Acknowledging the long odds and the short window of opportunity, Santa Clara County officials on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to finding a nonprofit that would help avert the likely closure of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park.[Wednesday, April 22, 2015]
Palo Alto explores new partnership with neighborhoods
Seeking to strengthen the ties that bind City Hall to the city's 37 neighborhoods, the Palo Alto City Council on Monday agreed to explore a slew of new initiatives, including free use of public facilities by neighborhood associations, more information sharing and a new ombudsman who would follow up on pressing neighborhood issues.[Wednesday, April 22, 2015]
City Clerk Beth Minor sheds 'interim' label
Palo Alto's new city clerk, Beth Minor, won't need much time learning the ropes in the busy office on the seventh floor. After seven years as the city clerk's chief assistant, Minor has spent the past five months proving to the council that she can handle the top job.[Tuesday, April 21, 2015]
With new fountain in place, California Avenue project nears finish line
With just weeks to go until the finish line, the reconstruction of California Avenue hit another milestone Tuesday afternoon when workers lifted the veil off to reveal the street's new fountain sculpture.[Tuesday, April 21, 2015]
Palo Alto adopts new 'green building' rules
With Earth Day just around the corner, Palo Alto on Monday ramped up its building code to require all new buildings to accommodate solar panels and irrigation systems that rely on laundry water.[Tuesday, April 21, 2015]
Pedestrian killed after being hit by truck in Palo Alto identified
A pedestrian who died on U.S. Highway 101 early Sunday morning after he was hit by a big-rig near an Embarcadero Road on-ramp has been identified by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office as Santa Clara resident Joseph Faumuina.[Sunday, April 19, 2015]
Attorneys debate the value of a Palo Alto education
In determining how much assistance should be offered to residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park once the park is closed, attorneys and Palo Alto officials spent hours on Tuesday wrestling with the question: How valuable are Palo Alto schools?[Friday, April 17, 2015]
Palo Alto set to move ahead with minimum-wage hike
Following in the footsteps of its neighbors in Mountain View and Sunnyvale, Palo Alto is preparing to adopt a new law raising the local minimum wage to $10.30 per hour.[Thursday, April 16, 2015]
Lawyer: Buena Vista evictions could start next month
As local officials continue to scour for ways to save Buena Vista Mobile Home Park from imminent closure, the attorney for the park owner warned Tuesday night that eviction notices could legally be sent to the Palo Alto park's 400 residents as early as next month.[Thursday, April 16, 2015]
Buena Vista's closure hangs on new appraisal
Though the fate of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park remains cloudy, residents of the sprawling El Camino Real park received a sliver of good news Tuesday night when the Palo Alto City Council agreed to raise the compensation that they would receive in exchange for eviction.[Wednesday, April 15, 2015]