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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
New report challenges Buena Vista appraisals
With Palo Alto officials preparing to rule on the fate of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park later this month, residents of the park are challenging a key property appraisal that was used by the park owner to determine how much compensation the evicted residents would receive.[Friday, April 3, 2015]
Police: Suspicions of theft triggered Palo Alto's murder-suicide
The Palo Alto man who police said fatally shot the apartment manager at the Alta Torre Apartments before killing himself in the building's elevator believed that the manager was stealing items from his apartment, the police investigation concluded.[Wednesday, April 1, 2015]
Palo Alto eyes emergency law to protect retail
With several longtime retail establishments recently shutting down to make way for offices in downtown Palo Alto, city officials are looking to adopt an emergency law to halt the practice.[Saturday, March 28, 2015]
Palo Alto set to hire new assistant city manager
Palo Alto City Manager James Keene is preparing to fill one of City Hall's senior leadership positions in May, when Suzanne Mason starts her new job as the assistant city manager.[Thursday, March 26, 2015]
Downtown parking program now set for fall rollout
Initially slated for this spring, Palo Alto's long-awaited residential parking-permit program now is unlikely to fully launch until September, according to a schedule released by the city Wednesday.[Thursday, March 26, 2015]
State, federal funds sought to save Buena Vista
The effort to prevent the closure of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park has spread well beyond the city's borders in recent weeks, with state Sen. Jerry Hill, state Assemblyman Rich Gordon and U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo all joining the drive to raise money for the park's preservation.[Tuesday, March 24, 2015]
Palo Alto to roll out curbside pickup for food scraps
Palo Alto wasted no time Monday in approving a new trash-hauling program aimed at diverting local food scraps from landfills.[Tuesday, March 24, 2015]
Palo Alto moves ahead with office cap
Facing a climate of steady office growth and rising community angst, Palo Alto officials on Monday agreed to trudge ahead with a solution that has been galvanizing the local business community: an annual cap on new office space in the city's prime commercial areas.[Tuesday, March 24, 2015]
Palo Alto reaches settlement with Turner Construction over delayed library project
Months after Palo Alto ended its feud with the contractor responsible for the delayed reconstruction of the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center, the city has reached a separate settlement with the management firm that was tasked with overseeing that contractor.[Friday, March 20, 2015]
Google opposes limit on Palo Alto office growth
With debate over commercial growth in Palo Alto set to reignite on Monday night, Google has joined the growing ranks of tech titans, small businesses and architects opposing an annual cap on new office and research space.[Saturday, March 21, 2015]