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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
Faced with 'uncertainties,' Palo Alto considers raising water rates
Palo Alto's plan to give the city's water customers a rare reprieve from rising rates has been jeopardized by an unexpected spike in the cost of replacing aged mains, according to Utilities Department officials.[Friday, April 11, 2014]
Plan to widen El Camino sidewalks suffers setback
With pressure mounting against Palo Alto's effort to widen sidewalks on El Camino Real, the city's planning commissioners took a stand Wednesday against a staff proposal to require new developments to be built farther back from the curb.[Wednesday, April 9, 2014]
Palo Alto seeks consultant for traffic-reduction programs
Palo Alto is preparing to solicit proposals this month for a consultant who would help the city form a Transportation Management Association, an organization that would manage downtown's traffic-reduction efforts.[Wednesday, April 9, 2014]
Council cautiously optimistic about financial future
Palo Alto's economic recovery may be in full bloom, but city leaders offered plenty of reasons for caution Monday, including uncertainties over labor negotiations, infrastructure needs and lease negotiations over Cubberley Community Center.[Tuesday, April 8, 2014]
Palo Alto welcomes new city auditor
Palo Alto's new city auditor, Harriet Richardson, made her local debut on Monday when the City Council unanimously approved her contract and welcomed her to City Hall.[Tuesday, April 8, 2014]
'Rinconada' chosen as new name for Main Library
The final chapter in Palo Alto's epic debate over a new name for the Main Library concluded Monday night when city leaders agreed to rechristen the Newell Road facility the Rinconada Library.[Monday, April 7, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to garages for solar power
As Palo Alto continues to explore building new garages to address downtown's gaping parking shortage, officials are also looking at existing parking structures to fulfill a completely different goal: electricity.[Monday, April 7, 2014]
Palo Alto seeks more risk analysis at CPI
Responding to safety concerns from Barron Park residents, Palo Alto plans to expand its study of possible hazards stemming from a plating shop operated by Communications and Power Industries in the neighborhood.[Friday, April 4, 2014]
Stanford wins approval for El Camino project
Stanford University's plan to build 250 housing units for its faculty in the College Terrace neighborhood scored another victory Thursday, when Palo Alto's architecture panel unanimously approved a new affordable-housing development along one of the busiest stretches of El Camino Real.[Friday, April 4, 2014]
Man who fought Palo Alto cops charged with San Jose murder
A 34-year-old man who was arrested in February after a violent altercation with Palo Alto officers has been charged with a murder that took place in San Jose just hours earlier.[Thursday, April 3, 2014]