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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
Survey: Palo Altans love their neighborhoods but are miffed by development
Palo Altans generally feel rosy about their hometown, but attitudes tend to sour when the conversation shifts to housing, land use and the quality of new developments.[Thursday, January 29, 2015]
Two men wanted after armed robbery at Fry's
Palo Alto police are looking for two men who they say committed armed robbery at Fry's Electronics on Wednesday afternoon and took off with three video-game consoles.[Wednesday, January 28, 2015]
City of Palo Alto opts not to sue Caltrain
Palo Alto has a few qualms about Caltrain's plan to electrify the rail corridor, but after a closed-door meeting early Tuesday morning, the City Council decided that the best way to address the city's concerns would be through collaboration rather than litigation.[Tuesday, January 27, 2015]
Santa Clara County supervisors vote to support Buena Vista Mobile Home Park
$8 million in county funds are now available to help preserve affordable housing for the residents of Palo Alto's Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, thanks to a unanimous decision Tuesday by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.[Tuesday, January 27, 2015]
Skeptical Palo Alto council not sold on Page Mill development
A plan to replace four homes on a busy stretch of Page Mill Road with a three-story building featuring apartments, office space and retail ran into a wall of skepticism Monday night when Palo Alto officials declined to grant the developer the requested zoning exceptions and demanded a fresh financial analysis of the project.[Tuesday, January 27, 2015]
Palo Alto's transportation chief resigns
Jaime Rodriguez, Palo Alto's chief transportation officer and the architect of the city's aggressive plan to build a wide network of bike boulevards has resigned after nearly five years at City Hall.[Tuesday, January 27, 2015]
Palo Alto still struggling to find site for new police station
Palo Alto's long search for a place where it can build a new police building remains hampered by a shortage of options, though officials have about five possible locations in mind, City Manager James Keene said last week.[Monday, January 26, 2015]
Palo Alto considers legal options against Caltrain
Weeks after learning about Caltrain's plan to seek an exemption from California's environmental law for its proposed electrification project in the event of a lawsuit, Palo Alto officials are preparing to consider their legal options.[Monday, January 26, 2015]
City Council OKs new bike routes on Churchill and Maybell
Students biking to Palo Alto's two public high schools and southernmost middle school will be getting help with their commutes, as the City Council on Tuesday approved concept plans for two of more than 20 proposed bike projects aimed at making local streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.[Friday, January 23, 2015]
Ford opens new research center in Palo Alto
Seeking to hit the gas pedal on new technologies such as self-driving cars and immerse itself in Silicon Valley's big-data culture, Ford Motor Company on Thursday opened its new Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto.[Thursday, January 22, 2015]