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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 prepares to broaden public art requirements
When people think about public art, they often think of things like the egg-shaped "Digital DNA" sculpture at Lytton Plaza or the shiny owl bollards vigilantly guarding the entrance to the new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.[Wednesday, December 24, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to 'fuel switch' away from natural gas
When Palo Alto cut carbon out of its electricity supply last year, City Council members and environmentalists lauded the move as a rare and proud achievement in city's battle against global warming. Now, they are viewing the move not as an end but as a stepping stone for other green accomplishments.[Wednesday, December 24, 2014]
Jury takes a bold stance on new Palo Alto bike bridge
Three different design teams came to Palo Alto City Hall on Wednesday afternoon, each with a bridge to sell to the city.[Friday, December 19, 2014]
Land use tops Palo Alto council members' concerns for 2015
Names and faces will change but Palo Alto's official priorities should remain largely fixed when the new City Council convenes for its first meeting in January, with land-use and transportation leading the way.[Wednesday, December 17, 2014]
Palo Alto bans smoking in shopping districts
Palo Alto continued its crusade against cigarette smoke this week by expanding its existing ban to commercial districts, though the City Council also decided that it needs more time to consider whether e-cigarettes should also be covered by the new law.[Wednesday, December 17, 2014]
City ups contribution for Palo Alto History Museum
How much money should Palo Alto spend in the present and the future to establish a museum that would tell the story of the city's past? That's the question that the City Council agonized over Monday night, as it considered a request for public funds to make the new museum a reality.[Tuesday, December 16, 2014]
Palo Alto: Miki Werness approved as new College Terrace grocer
Miki Werness, whose well acclaimed but financially troubled grocery store fizzled in Alma Village last year, will get another shot at success in College Terrace after the City Council agreed early Tuesday morning to approve him as the new grocer at the former site of the beloved JJ&F Market.[Tuesday, December 16, 2014]
Palo Alto ends legal feud with Mitchell Park Library contractor
Days after Palo Alto celebrated the grand opening of its new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center, the city has reached a settlement with the contractor that officials blame for the years of delays and myriad of mistakes that plagued the high-profile project.[Monday, December 15, 2014]
Transportation chief's outside job raises concerns
Since he became Palo Alto's chief transportation official in 2009, Jaime Rodriguez has been an energetic, assertive and at times polarizing advocate of bike boulevards, amenities for pedestrians and lane reductions like the one about to take effect on California Avenue.[Thursday, December 18, 2014]
String of burglaries at Palo Alto construction site nets three arrests
Palo Alto police this week arrested three men in connection with two separate burglaries at a College Terrace construction site. A suspect in the third burglary at the same site remains at large, police said.[Friday, December 12, 2014]