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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
Plans for new bike boulevards surge ahead in Palo Alto
Once a novelty, bike boulevards are about to become a common sight in Palo Alto, with the city embarking on more than 20 projects aimed at making local streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.[Thursday, January 22, 2015]
Page Mill development to test Palo Alto's new affordable-housing law
A new Palo Alto law that allows developers who provide affordable housing to build more densely will get its first test on Monday night, when the City Council considers approving the demolition of four homes and construction of new three-story building on a busy and rapidly changing stretch of Page Mill Road.[Thursday, January 22, 2015]
New rule calls for open votes before closed sessions
Palo Alto council members will have to take a public vote before every closed-door meeting under a new policy that the City Council adopted on Tuesday night.[Wednesday, January 21, 2015]
Salary hikes approved for Palo Alto council members
In the latest sign of the city's growing economic fortunes, the Palo Alto City Council agreed on Tuesday night to raise the salaries of council members for the first time in more than 15 years.[Wednesday, January 21, 2015]
City spots flaws in glass shards on California Avenue
Responding to complaints about the sharpness of the polished glass used in California Avenues new sidewalks, Palo Alto officials have directed the contractor behind the $7 million streetscape project to remove and re-embed the glass in some areas.[Tuesday, January 20, 2015]
Men accused of fatal downtown Palo Alto fight appear in court
The two men who were involved in the fatal altercation outside The Patio bar in downtown Palo Alto on Dec. 21 made their first court appearance on Tuesday morning since the death of the 24-year-old man who died several weeks after the fight.[Tuesday, January 20, 2015]
Bike improvements eyed around Palo Alto high schools
With about two dozen bike projects already in the works in Palo Alto, city officials are preparing to sign off on two more Tuesday night with the goal of creating a smoother ride for local high school students.[Monday, January 19, 2015]
Palo Alto seeks feedback on new traffic-reduction nonprofit
Palo Alto's bid to create a nonprofit that would manage downtown's traffic-reduction programs will be the focus of a community meeting at City Hall next week.[Monday, January 19, 2015]
Staffing shuffle aims to boost Palo Alto Fire Department's medical response
With medical response calls on the rise, the Palo Alto Fire Department last week adjusted its staffing so that every fire truck and station has at least one paramedic trained to handle some of the department's most serious emergency calls.[Sunday, January 18, 2015]
Dealership brings its fleet to Palo Alto animal shelter lot
In May of last year, Palo Alto's utility workers arrived at the Animal Services Center site on East Bayshore Road to move a giant container filled with emergency-response supplies but found an unexpected sight: a fleet of Hondas occupying the city-owned lot and blocking access to the container in question.[Friday, January 16, 2015]