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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 eyes new rules for retrofitting buildings
With earthquakes topping the list of looming threats in Palo Alto, city officials indicated this week that they plan to upgrade local laws to discourage the construction of seismically shaky homes.[Thursday, September 18, 2014]
Palo Alto seeks $9.4M from Mitchell Park Library contractor
Palo Alto is seeking more than $9 million from a contractor that the city deems primarily responsible for the botched reconstruction of the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.[Wednesday, September 17, 2014]
East Palo Alto city manager retains hiring power
The authority to appoint East Palo Alto's new police chief will remain with the city manager, the City Council agreed on Tuesday night.[Wednesday, September 17, 2014]
Palo Alto approves new fines for water wasters
Water wasters in Palo Alto who ignore the city's warnings to conserve could face fines of $100 per day under an enforcement strategy that the City Council adopted on Monday night.[Tuesday, September 16, 2014]
Palo Alto eyes reforms after transparency gaffes
A week after Palo Alto officials offered public apologies for their secret and ultimately ill-fated negotiations with developer John Arrillaga, they took a step toward making sure similar blunders won't happen in the future.[Tuesday, September 16, 2014]
Palo Alto prepares to launch new shuttles
Palo Alto's small fleet of shuttles could grow substantially in the coming months, as the city prepares to unveil new routes and add buses to the existing crosstown service.[Monday, September 15, 2014]
Palo Alto nears finish line on new housing vision
The last time Palo Alto adopted a new housing vision for the city, the feeling around City Hall was more relief than satisfaction. As the city's planning commissioners learned on Wednesday, things look much better this time around.[Thursday, September 11, 2014]
Downtown residents, workers near consensus on parking
It took decades of dreaming, years of complaining and months of painstaking negotiations, but a residential parking-permit program is finally starting to take shape in downtown Palo Alto, with implementation eyed for early next year.[Thursday, September 11, 2014]
From cyberattacks to earthquakes, officials consider Palo Alto's readiness
Earthquakes, floods and cyberthreats top the list of potential dangers facing Palo Alto, according to a new report that lays out strategies for dealing with future disasters.[Wednesday, September 10, 2014]
City Council looks to protect Palo Alto's retail
Concerned about office buildings squeezing out local neighborhood-serving retailers, Palo Alto officials on Monday proposed revising the city's zoning code to offer small businesses a little help.[Tuesday, September 9, 2014]