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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
County expands homeless programs while searching for new shelter
Faced with a shortage of beds to accommodate the county's homeless population this coming winter, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved $1.2 million for various programs targeting its neediest residents, including agreements with Palo Alto's busy but cash-strapped nonprofit, InnVision Shelter Network.[Tuesday, August 26, 2014]
New nonprofit to manage downtown Palo Alto's traffic problems
From a "satellite lot" on Embarcadero to new garage technologies, Palo Alto officials this month have been busily brainstorming ways to boost downtown's insufficient supply of parking. At the same time, the city has quietly launched a bold new initiative that aims to attack the problem from the demand side.[Tuesday, August 26, 2014]
Holman cleared by FPPC after 'conflict of interest' claim
Palo Alto City Councilwoman Karen Holman did not violate state law when she urged city staff to explore rezoning sites on Arastradero Road despite her financial relationship with the owner of one of the sites, the Fair Political Practices Commission has concluded.[Monday, August 25, 2014]
Work on Oregon Expressway to close lanes Friday night
Construction crews will be installing new roadway markings on Oregon Expressway Friday night, prompting lane closures in both directions.[Friday, August 22, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to modify traffic signals on Embarcadero Road
Seeking to relieve traffic congestion and respond to years of residents' complaints, Palo Alto is preparing to remove a traffic light and consider widening Embarcadero Road near Town & Country Village and Palo Alto High School.[Friday, August 22, 2014]
Controversial plan for Palo Alto office building ekes out approval
Despite a chorus of protests from residents, Palo Alto's architectural board on Thursday approved a new three-story building that will go up next to Sarah Wallis Park and inject more commercial space into the rapidly changing business district around California Avenue.[Friday, August 22, 2014]
Billing errors lead to higher assessments for Palo Alto businesses
A "clerical error" has prompted the City of Palo Alto to send incorrect bills to downtown businesses as part of their assessment for the Business Improvement District -- a mistake that the city is now trying to solve.[Thursday, August 21, 2014]
Palo Alto to appeal ruling from labor board
The City of Palo Alto will appeal a recent ruling by the Public Employment Relations Board, which has said that the city violated state law in failing to confer with the city's firefighters union before placing on the November 2011 ballot a measure to repeal binding arbitration.[Wednesday, August 20, 2014]
California Avenue work now set to stretch until March
Palo Alto's reconstruction of California Avenue, which officials had expected to complete by the end of this year, is now expected to stretch until March 2015.[Wednesday, August 20, 2014]
Palo Alto City Council looks to technology to fix parking problems
Palo Alto, a city that takes pride in its high-tech savvy, is now looking to technology to help it solve the vexing and increasingly urgent problem of insufficient downtown parking.[Tuesday, August 19, 2014]