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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
Managers set to get raises in Palo Alto
With the city's financial recovery in full swing, Palo Alto is set to approve on Monday raises for more than 200 managers, as well as for City Manager James Keene and City Attorney Molly Stump.[Thursday, December 4, 2014]
Compost debate set to flare up again in Palo Alto
Palo Alto's passionate debate over the future of composting will resume Monday night, when the City Council considers whether it makes more sense to create a local operation or continue the current practice of shipping yard trimmings to a regional facility in Gilroy.[Thursday, December 4, 2014]
Changes eyed for Palo Alto's animal shelter
Palo Alto's animal shelter is no longer in danger of closing, but city officials agreed on Tuesday night that it's time to rethink how the city operates the popular but financially draining facility on East Bayshore Road.[Wednesday, December 3, 2014]
Palo Alto launches downtown parking-permit program
Marking a new era in parking policies, Palo Alto on Tuesday night approved a long-debated permit program that officials hope will finally provide downtown residents some relief from chronic congestion.[Wednesday, December 3, 2014]
Humane Society scales down plan to rebuild Palo Alto animal shelter
The Palo Alto Humane Society has backed away from its earlier proposal to build a new state-of-the-art animal-services center for the city and is now offering to help expand the existing shelter to accommodate a host of new animal programs.[Tuesday, December 2, 2014]
Palo Alto council not sold on proposed College Terrace Centre grocer
The developers behind the College Terrace Centre believe they have found a grocer to replace the beloved JJ&F Market, but the City Council made it clear Monday night that it's not buying the latest proposal.[Tuesday, December 2, 2014]
New housing proposal for Maybell Avenue site set for review
A year after Palo Alto voters struck down an approved housing development on Maybell Avenue, the city is preparing to review another housing plan for the 2.46-acre site in the Green Acres neighborhood.[Thursday, November 27, 2014]
Is Crescent Park's parking 'creep' a sign of things to come?
Last year, Crescent Park residents learned all about the power -- and the repercussions -- of the city's parking programs.[Friday, November 28, 2014]
The journey to the starting line: Permit programs bridge gap between downtown stakeholders
The Downtown Residential Parking Permit Program Stakeholder Group has been meeting for eight months and at its final meeting on Oct. 23 the mood was a mixture of relief, fatigue and the type of familiar tension one associates with teenage siblings who've been forced to share a room for far too long.[Friday, November 28, 2014]
Palo Alto brings new strategy to downtown's parking problem
If things go as planned, 2015 will be the year in which some Palo Alto residents and workers say farewell to free parking.[Friday, November 28, 2014]