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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
Buena Vista residents make final plea to save their homes
In a last-ditch push to preserve their homes, hundreds of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park residents packed into City Hall on Monday night and urged Palo Alto officials during an emotional meeting to reject the park owner's closure application.[Tuesday, April 14, 2015]
Palo Alto set to make all new homes 'solar ready'
All new homes in Palo Alto will have to dedicate roof space to solar panels under a new law that the City Council is preparing to adopt later this month.[Monday, April 13, 2015]
Palo Alto set to approve new signs, monument at City Hall
Seeking to make it easier for the public to find, and get around, the freshly renovated City Hall, Palo Alto plans to spend nearly $330,000 on signs, directories and a large monument in the coming weeks.[Wednesday, April 8, 2015]
Palo Alto weighs ideas to speed up council meetings
Palo Alto's elected officials disagree on many issues, but they are united in their belief that they need to talk less and make City Council meetings more efficient.[Wednesday, April 8, 2015]
Council to weigh appeal of polarizing downtown development
The intense community dispute over a downtown development that is slated to go up at the former location of Shady Lane on University Avenue will soon be heading to the City Council for resolution.[Tuesday, April 7, 2015]
Palo Alto moves ahead with 'urgency' law to protect retail
With Palo Alto's shopping centers thriving, its sales-tax revenues rising and its downtown vacancies virtually nonexistent, a visitor might be startled to learn that the city is going through a retail crisis. But with shops increasingly making way for offices, the City Council on Monday voted 7-0 to move ahead with an "urgency ordinance" that would ban such conversions in all commercial areas.[Tuesday, April 7, 2015]
Architecture critic threatens to sue over approved development
One of downtown's most vehement critics of modernist architecture has threatened to file a lawsuit if Palo Alto officials don't reconsider their decision in late 2013 to approve a glassy four-story building across the street from City Hall.[Monday, April 6, 2015]
Bike Share's expansion plan leaves Palo Alto behind
As the Bay Area's fledgling bike-share program prepares for a colossal regional expansion, its presence in Palo Alto may soon come to an end because of underwhelming ridership numbers.[Monday, April 6, 2015]
Ed Shikada hired as Palo Alto's assistant city manager
Edward Shikada, a former transportation executive who spent more than a decade in San Jose City Hall before resigning abruptly in December, has been tapped to serve as an assistant city manager in Palo Alto, the Weekly has learned.[Friday, April 3, 2015]
Downtown denizens split over proposed development
On Monday night, the City Council is set to consider an appeal of the recently approved multi-story development at 429 University Ave.[Friday, April 3, 2015]