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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 to weigh uses for new Foothills Park land
In a moment acknowledged to be three decades overdue, an enthusiastic City Council on Monday night officially dedicated as parkland a flat, undeveloped and long-forgotten parcel next to Foothills Park to ensure the land will be used for "park, recreation or conservation purposes."[Tuesday, August 19, 2014]
Twelve vie for seats on the Palo Alto council
With the filing period concluding last week, 12 Palo Alto residents have officially entered the race for the five contested seats on the City Council.[Saturday, August 16, 2014]
Labor board: Palo Alto violated law in firefighters' negotiations
In a stunning victory for Palo Alto's firefighters union, the state Public Employment Relations Board has determined that the city violated state labor laws in 2011 when it put on that November's election ballot a repeal of the binding-arbitration provision in its contract with public-safety workers -- without first consulting with the union.[Friday, August 15, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to upgrade downtown garages
Seeking to drive commuters out of downtown's residential neighborhoods, Palo Alto officials will shift their focus this week toward improving the city's garages, with the hope of making them both more efficient and more inviting.[Friday, August 15, 2014]
Residents near volatile creek make a plea for flood control
It's been more than 16 years since a flood swept through the homes of Spencenia Sims and her neighbors in East Palo Alto, and the day rarely strays far from their minds come winter time.[Thursday, August 14, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to revamp infamous zoning process
On Wednesday, the city's planning commissioners offered varying and at times competing visions for how to reform Palo Alto's controversial "planned community" zoning process.[Wednesday, August 13, 2014]
Council votes to take over Palo Alto Airport
Palo Alto Airport on Monday became Palo Alto's airport after the City Council unanimously agreed to transfer the facility from the Santa Clara County's control to the city's.[Tuesday, August 12, 2014]
'Satellite parking' program inches forward in Palo Alto
A proposal in Palo Alto to create a new parking area near the Baylands and shuttle commuters downtown edged ahead Monday night after a reluctant and deeply ambivalent City Council approved a design contract for the experimental "satellite parking" program.[Tuesday, August 12, 2014]
Plan to replace JJ&F meets with opposition, skepticism
A proposal by the project developer's son to run the new grocery store at College Terrace Centre proved to be a tough sell Monday night, with Palo Alto officials bemoaning a lack of transparency and demanding more information about lease terms for the new market.[Tuesday, August 12, 2014]
California Avenue work prompts road closures this week
A segment of California Avenue will be closed to eastbound traffic from Tuesday to Thursday as work crews reconstruct the section of the road between the sidewalk and the median island.[Monday, August 11, 2014]