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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 police seek man who trailed teenager, exposed himself
Palo Alto police are seeking a man who reportedly followed a teenage girl in his truck for several blocks on Monday afternoon and exposed himself to her before driving away.[Monday, October 6, 2014]
Palo Alto City Clerk Donna Grider to retire
After 15 years at City Hall, Palo Alto City Clerk Donna Grider is preparing to administer her final election.[Monday, October 6, 2014]
Council candidates take aim at chain stores, offices
Candidates for the the Palo Alto City Council vowed on Thursday to do more to protect retail in the city's two main commercial strips, with a ban on chain stores and new requirements for ground-floor retail leading the charge as the most popular ideas.[Friday, October 3, 2014]
Ruling brings closure to Palo Alto's Buena Vista
The owner of Palo Alto's sole mobile-home park on Thursday scored a victory in his controversial quest to shutter the park when an administrative officer issued a final decision in his favor.[Thursday, October 2, 2014]
Palo Alto to weigh benefits of 'planned-community' zoning
The Palo Alto City Council will get its first, long-awaited crack Monday at reforming the city's contentious planned-community zoning, which the council last year put on hold following a citizen referendum that pushed back on development.[Friday, October 3, 2014]
City proposes new incentives for affordable housing
Palo Alto marked a major milestone Wednesday when its planning commissioners unanimously approved a new vision for housing, one that includes incentives for affordable housing and encourages higher density near transit.[Wednesday, October 1, 2014]
Palo Alto council candidates split on growth
Palo Alto's council candidates have plenty of quibbles when it comes to growth and development, but on Tuesday they found themselves almost completely in agreement on an issue that had not surfaced until now: raising the city's minimum wage.[Wednesday, October 1, 2014]
Group grades City Council's 'residentialist' credentials
With seemingly every candidate in the City Council trying to run under the "residentialist" banner, the citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning (PASZ) has released a scorecard that seeks to quantify each council members "pro-resident" record.[Friday, September 26, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to unleash local dogs with 'shared-use' park
Dog owners yearning for new places to let their companions run free might soon get a little treat from the city. Palo Alto is considering an experiment that would temporarily bring a new dog exercise area to an existing city-owned park.[Tuesday, September 23, 2014]
Palo Alto officials blast water board for project delays
Frustrated by a permitting process that continues to plague two long-awaited construction projects in the Baylands, furious Palo Alto officials on Monday teed off at the state agency that they hold responsible for the endless delays.[Tuesday, September 23, 2014]