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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
Palo Alto looks to citizen hackers for civic solutions
Part American Idol, part slow-motion hackathon, the Apps Challenge was the city's way to get people pumped up about Palo Alto and, if possible, to create some nifty new civic tools.[Friday, February 20, 2015]
In Palo Alto, new digital tools aim to bridge the divide between City Hall, residents
New digital tools encapsulate Palo Alto's shifting attitude toward technology and its growing excitement about the potential of Big Data to tackle problems large and small.[Friday, February 20, 2015]
Four-story building approved for Shady Lane site in Palo Alto
In the latest sign of downtown Palo Alto's sizzling office boom, the city approved on Thursday a proposal to build a four-story building at a prominent University Avenue location currently occupied by the popular boutique shop Shady Lane and other stores.[Friday, February 20, 2015]
State of the City: Mayor invokes past to address challenges of the future
Palo Alto should harness its rich legacy as a steward and entrepreneur to strengthen its neighborhoods, support local youth, address the challenges posed by new development and make civic participation more enticing to residents, Mayor Karen Holman proclaimed in her State of the City speech Wednesday night.[Wednesday, February 18, 2015]
Fixes proposed for divisive zoning tool
A year after Palo Alto put a halt on "planned-community" zones, the city is preparing to move ahead with reforms that officials hope will add some clarity and predictability to a zoning process that has been used over the past decade to produce some of its most controversial developments.[Thursday, February 12, 2015]
Palo Alto joins push toward divestment from fossil fuel
Spurred by concerns about climate change and a grassroots push from Palo Alto's faith community, the City Council enthusiastically passed a resolution urging the California Public Employees' Retirement System to divest from fossil-fuel companies.[Wednesday, February 11, 2015]
Man sought for photographing woman at Cubberley bathroom
Palo Alto police are seeking a man who they said entered a women's bathroom at Cubberley Community Center on Monday night and used a cell phone to take a picture of a woman who was in the stall.[Tuesday, February 10, 2015]
Palo Alto eager to move ahead with minimum wage law
An effort to raise Palo Alto's minimum wage received a big lift Monday night when the City Council enthusiastically agreed to pursue the idea.[Tuesday, February 10, 2015]
Call for railroad 'quiet zone' gets louder in Palo Alto
A grassroots call to establish a "quiet zone" for a segment of Palo Alto's rail corridor picked up some volume Monday night when members of the City Council agreed to further study the proposal.[Tuesday, February 10, 2015]
Despite Stanford objections, Palo Alto prepares to cap office growth
Responding to community criticism about the rapid pace of office growth, Palo Alto officials on Monday offered measured support for a complex and deeply contentious solution: an annual cap on commercial development.[Tuesday, February 10, 2015]