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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
Candidate profile: The Critic — Tom DuBois
In mid-2013, Palo Alto's elected leaders stumbled upon the perfect formula for sparking civic engagement: approving an unpopular development in a neighborhood.[Thursday, October 9, 2014]
Candidate profile: The Ambassador — Nancy Shepherd
When Nancy Shepherd became active in City Hall politics five years ago, her purpose was to unite the community against the looming specter of high-speed rail, a project that was threatening to wipe out homes along Alma Street and literally divide the community.[Thursday, October 9, 2014]
Candidate profile: The Pragmatist — Greg Scharff
In February 2013, as he addressed a crowd of dignitaries assembled at Tesla Motors headquarters in the Stanford Research Park, newly elected Mayor Greg Scharff offered one of the boldest and most sweeping "State of the City" speeches in recent memory.[Thursday, October 9, 2014]
Candidate profile: The Preservationist — Karen Holman
Many City Council members claim the "residentialist" label these days. Karen Holman pretty much owns it.[Thursday, October 9, 2014]
Candidate profile: The Negotiator — A.C. Johnston
In the past decade, A.C. Johnston has lived in Tokyo, London, Washington, D.C., and -- for the past two years -- Palo Alto.[Thursday, October 9, 2014]
Palo Alto's plan to raise hotel-tax rate nets little opposition
Tax hikes are normally a thorny subject during an election season, but Palo Alto's plan to increase the city's hotel-tax rate appears to be proceeding to the ballot with little community opposition.[Thursday, October 9, 2014]
Second indecent exposure incident reported in Palo Alto
Palo Alto police are on high alert after a man exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl on Tuesday night, a day after a man exposed himself to a 14-year-old female, according to a police department press release.[Tuesday, October 7, 2014]
Palo Alto City Council challengers see influx of cash
Incumbents may have the name recognition, but challengers are more than holding their own when it comes to cash raised in Palo Alto's heated City Council race.[Tuesday, October 7, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to phase out plating shop
After more than half a century at its location on Hansen Way, Communication & Power Industries will soon be asked to leave Palo Alto.[Tuesday, October 7, 2014]
Palo Alto council opts to keep 'planned-community' zoning
Acknowledging that the city's notorious "planned-community" process is flawed, Palo Alto officials signaled on Monday that they would rather fix it than scrap it altogether.[Tuesday, October 7, 2014]