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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
Mitchell Park Library close to complete, but legal battle looms
Since a new contractor was brought on last February to finish the long-stalled Mitchell Park Library project, a "night and day" difference in work results is bringing an end in sight for the much maligned project, city officials said at press briefing Friday.[Friday, August 8, 2014]
City set to take control of Palo Alto Airport
After years of plans and negotiations, Palo Alto's takeover of its namesake airport is finally ready for liftoff.[Saturday, August 9, 2014]
Palo Alto mulls chain restrictions on California Avenue
As the commercial stretch of California Avenue continues its transformation into a fancier business district with fewer driving lanes, wider sidewalks and new plazas for pedestrians, Palo Alto officials are considering restricting chain stores to protect the small businesses in the area.[Friday, August 8, 2014]
Palo Alto to vet new grocer for old JJ&F site
The developer of College Terrace Centre raised eyebrows earlier this year when he disclosed that his son will be in charge of the center's grocery store, but Palo Alto officials believe the new store could be as good as or better than JJ&F, the venerable market that once occupied the site.[Thursday, August 7, 2014]
Seeking vision for city's growth, council rejects staff's ideas
Faced with four different visions for future growth of the city, Palo Alto's City Council members quibbled and agonized Wednesday night before settling for a fifth option: none of the above.[Thursday, August 7, 2014]
Palo Alto's traffic, small-claims courts set to close
Faced with budget challenges, the Santa Clara County Superior Court announced Tuesday that it will be closing the small claims and traffic courts at the Palo Alto Courthouse in October.[Wednesday, August 6, 2014]
Palo Alto adopts water-use restrictions
With drought conditions continuing to plague the state, Palo Alto officials swiftly passed a resolution Monday restricting the use of potable water in fountains and on driveways and sidewalks.[Tuesday, August 5, 2014]
Members of Page Mill YMCA look to city for help
Calling the proposed closure of the Page Mill YMCA a colossal loss for the Palo Alto community, patrons of the gym on Monday night urged the City Council to lend its support to their effort to keep the facility open.[Tuesday, August 5, 2014]
New voices join Palo Alto's debate over growth
Palo Alto's aggressive push to get the public more involved in updating the city's official land-use vision appeared to finally pay off Monday night, with dozens of residents and downtown employees packing into City Hall and serving up an unusually wide spectrum of opinions about growth and development.[Tuesday, August 5, 2014]
Neighbors on Eichler block won't appeal new house
Despite major reservations about a new two-story home that will soon go up on their Eichler-style block, residents of Richardson Court have withdrawn their appeal of the project.[Monday, August 4, 2014]