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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 eyes two new downtown garages
With Palo Alto's commuters and residents battling over parking spots on downtown's increasingly congested residential streets, the city has stepped forward with a new proposal aimed at lessening the tension -- a pair of new garages that together would bring close to 500 new spots to the busy area.[Thursday, February 6, 2014]
East Palo Alto will not contract out police services
Responding to overwhelming public concerns about transparency and accountability, East Palo Alto's elected leaders on Tuesday night scrapped a staff proposal to consider outsourcing police services to San Mateo County.[Wednesday, February 5, 2014]
Survey shows growing angst about development, parking
Palo Alto residents are feeling rosy these days when it comes to jobs and personal fortunes, but smiles quickly turn to frowns when the subjects of parking and new development are brought up, a new survey indicates.[Tuesday, February 4, 2014]
Despite financial risks, golf course revamp moves ahead
When Palo Alto officials first proposed in 2011 a dramatic reconfiguration of the city's golf course in the Baylands, the main goal was to accommodate flood victims, not golfers looking for a richer experience on the links. Since then, the project has taken on a life of its own.[Tuesday, February 4, 2014]
Residents clash over Dish parking plan
A plan to move dozens of parking spaces from the street next to the Stanford Dish to a parking lot more than half a mile away has created a rift between visitors to the scenic preserve and the residents who live next to it.[Tuesday, February 4, 2014]
Palo Alto suspends 'planned community' projects
Few phrases stoke rage and cynicism in Palo Alto as effectively as "planned community," a process that allows developers to skirt zoning regulations in exchange for public benefits. On Monday, critics of this process scored a victory when the City Council voted to suspend and reform it.[Tuesday, February 4, 2014]
Planning, infrastructure top city's 2014 agenda
Gathered in a cold room with metal folding chairs, a mere handful of electric outlets and no wireless Internet, Palo Alto officials acknowledged that their annual priority-setting "retreat" doesn't fit the typical definition of the word. But while the setting was new, the City Council decided to keep its 2014 priorities relatively unchanged.[Saturday, February 1, 2014]
Palo Alto to host meeting on crime prevention
Responding to a recent string of robberies, Palo Alto police are inviting residents to a community meeting on Feb. 4 to discuss these incidents, go over the city's response and offer crime-prevention tips.[Thursday, January 30, 2014]
Police release sketch of purse snatcher
Palo Alto police are looking for a bike-riding purse snatcher who they said committed two crimes in the span of 15 minutes downtown on Jan. 29.[Thursday, January 30, 2014]
'Time out' proposed for disputed zoning rule
Bowing down to intense community pressure and years of criticism from land-use watchdogs, Palo Alto officials have announced a plan to suspend and reform the city's controversial "planned community" zoning process, which allows developers to barter zoning exemptions for public benefits.[Wednesday, January 29, 2014]