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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
Holman, Scharff, DuBois and Filseth secure Palo Alto council seats
Tom DuBois and Eric Filseth, two Midwest natives who became involved in Palo Alto politics last year out of frustration with the City Council's policies on growth and development were poised to win seats on the council Tuesday night, with incumbents Karen Holman and Greg Scharff also coasting to re-election victories, early results from the Santa Clara County Registrar indicate.[Monday, November 3, 2014]
San Francisquito Creek project sees breakthrough after permit stall
An effort by Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park to improve flood protection around the volatile San Francisquito Creek earned a hard-fought victory on Friday afternoon, when officials learned that the project is on the verge of earning a permit from a state agency that has been withholding it for more than a year.[Saturday, November 1, 2014]
Palo Alto puts finishing touches on new flagship library
When the Mitchell Park Library opens its glassy doors to the public in a "soft" opening next month and the first stream of residents makes its way past the six silver owls standing sentry at the entrance, Palo Alto's librarians hope the construction nightmare that has plagued this site will give way to a storybook ending.[Sunday, November 2, 2014]
Palo Alto seeks to shield retailers from office boom
Seeking to protect neighborhood-serving retailers from the recent boom in office development, Palo Alto is considering a range of new zoning policies, including ones that would restrict commercial densities downtown and limit chain stores on California Avenue.[Friday, October 31, 2014]
Businesses to drive city's new traffic-fighting nonprofit
As Palo Alto prepares to launch new shuttles, impose downtown parking restrictions and offer other incentives for commuters to ditch their cars, officials are also planting the seeds for a new nonprofit organization that will ultimately oversee these efforts.[Wednesday, October 29, 2014]
Plan to expand Palo Alto's shuttle program speeds ahead
Seeking to reduce car congestion, Palo Alto officials approved on Monday night a plan to dramatically expand the city's shuttle fleet and signaled that bolder changes might be around the corner.[Tuesday, October 28, 2014]
Palo Alto settles suit over affordable housing
After five years of litigation, Palo Alto officials on Monday reached an agreement with a developer who challenged a city policy that requires new developments to include affordable-housing units.[Monday, October 27, 2014]
Scharff beefs up campaign chest for final stretch
Heading into the final stretch before Election Day, incumbent City Councilman Greg Schaff has nearly doubled his campaign chest, thanks in part to a few large checks and a $25,000 loan to his own campaign.[Monday, October 27, 2014]
New direction proposed for Palo Alto's shuttle program
Palo Alto's tiny fleet of city-run shuttle buses may soon see a dramatic expansion, including a doubling of buses on the popular Crosstown route and a brand new service that would link the downtown Caltrain station with Mountain View businesses.[Friday, October 24, 2014]
Downtown residents split over parking-permit program
As Palo Alto prepares to launch its long-awaited Residential Parking Permit Program, residents in the congested downtown neighborhoods are almost evenly split about the ambitious effort, which would require drivers to buy permits to park on residential streets.[Friday, October 24, 2014]