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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
The tweeting species: A conversation with Jonathan Franzen
When novelist and tech-skeptic Jonathan Franzen pays a visit March 6 to Silicon Valley as part of the Peninsula Open Space Trust's annual Wallace Stegner Lectures, his goal won't be so much to ruffle feathers as to celebrate them.[Friday, February 28, 2014]
Palo Alto to hire new contractor for Mitchell Park library
After firing the contractor responsible for the botched construction of the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center, Palo Alto officials will on Monday select a new company to finish the job.[Thursday, February 27, 2014]
Rain does little to dent drought concerns
With drought conditions still plaguing California, Palo Alto has a simple message for its water customers: There is no need to panic but there is a need to conserve.[Thursday, February 27, 2014]
Palo Alto officers may moonlight at Levi's Stadium
Palo Alto's police officers would get to don the uniforms and insignia of their Santa Clara counterparts as part of a proposal that will allow them to moonlight at the new Levi's Stadium later this year.[Thursday, February 27, 2014]
Rule changes aim to widen El Camino sidewalks
With its sea of cars, narrow sidewalks, imposing office complexes and eclectic scattering of motels, restaurants and oil-change stations, El Camino Real rarely resembles the "grand boulevard" vision planners have long been pushing for the central corridor. Now, Palo Alto hopes to change that.[Wednesday, February 26, 2014]
Council skeptical about high bids for Cal Ave work
Chastened by recent experiences with the Mitchell Park Library, Palo Alto officials on Monday questioned the unexpectedly high bids for the soon-to-commence reconstruction of California Avenue before agreeing to reduce the amount budgeted for unforeseen costs.[Wednesday, February 26, 2014]
Palo Alto looks to scrap Cubberley covenant
Palo Alto officials on Monday took a firm stance against a two-decade-old provision in the city's lease of Cubberley Community Center, a covenant that requires the city to pay the school district $1.8 million annually.[Tuesday, February 25, 2014]
Palo Alto initiative aims to shift drivers to trains, buses
After months of debate about new garages and permit programs, Palo Alto officials shifted gears on Monday in their search for parking solutions when they approved an ambitious initiative aimed at getting drivers out of cars altogether.[Tuesday, February 25, 2014]
Contract for California Avenue revamp set for approval
When Palo Alto officials unanimously approved in 2011 a proposal to reduce lanes and add an assortment of street improvements to California Avenue, the project came with a $1.7-million price tag, much of which would be funded by transportation grants. Since then, its scope has expanded considerably, as evidenced by the $7.1-million contract the council is set to approve tonight.[Monday, February 24, 2014]
City, school district at odds over Cubberley provision
When Palo Alto agreed 25 years ago to lease most of Cubberley Community Center from the school district, both sides had plenty to gain from the arrangement. With the lease for the critical site set to expire and negotiations hitting the final stretch, officials remain at odds over one provision of the long-standing deal.[Friday, February 21, 2014]