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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
Plans unveiled for new Pope-Chaucer bridge
Even during a prolonged drought, the threat of flooding rarely strays far from the minds of residents around the fickle San Francisquito Creek, which 16 years ago washed over parts of Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. On Wednesday, more than 100 residents who live near the area's most flood-prone bridge learned that help is finally on the way.[Wednesday, January 15, 2014]
Chamber blasts Palo Alto's proposed hotel-tax increase
A proposal by Palo Alto officials to raise the city's tax rate may be popular with potential voters, but it is already facing stiff opposition from the city's Chamber of Commerce.[Wednesday, January 15, 2014]
Fatal fire on Embarcadero deemed accidental
The house fire on Embarcadero Road that claimed the lives of two men Friday night in Palo Alto was accidental and started in the kitchen, investigators determined.[Tuesday, January 14, 2014]
Zone changes bridge gap between city, critics
Palo Alto's elected officials and land-use watchdogs rarely walk in stride on zoning issues but as the City Council approved a series of revisions to the city's zoning code Monday night, the two sides found themselves united against a common foe -- state bureaucrats whose housing mandates are creating massive planning headaches for the city.[Tuesday, January 14, 2014]
Palo Alto calls impasse in union talks
After months of contentious and ultimately fruitless negotiations, Palo Alto officials have declared an impasse in their talks with the city's largest labor union, setting the stage for the city's fiercest labor battle in nearly five years.[Tuesday, January 14, 2014]
Price tapped for National League of Cities committee
Weeks after winning a coveted spot on the county's leading transportation agency, City Councilwoman Gail Price snagged another appointment when she was tapped to serve on a National League of Cities committee charged with vetting transit policy.[Monday, January 13, 2014]
Palo Alto committee recommends hotel-tax hike
A ballot measure to raise hotel taxes in Palo Alto on Friday took its biggest leap yet toward this November's ballot, though city officials remain undecided on how big the increase should be and what exactly it should fund.[Friday, January 10, 2014]
Palo Alto fires Mitchell Park Library contractor
The City of Palo Alto announced Friday it is terminating its contract with Flintco Pacific Inc., the contractor responsible for construction of the beleaguered Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.[Friday, January 10, 2014]
Spiking utility bills anger Palo Alto residents
Many Palo Altans received an unwelcome shock this month when they saw their utilities bills jump by more than $200.[Friday, January 10, 2014]
Key issues will drive policy through the seasons of 2014
Traffic, infrastructure, city revenues and the election: The new year will begin right where the old one left off -- with a downtown Battle Royale over parking policies.[Friday, January 10, 2014]