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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
Edgewood Plaza fine to pay for historical restoration
Those who destroy history are bound to restore it. So decreed the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night as it voted to use a penalty from an illegal demolition at Edgewood Plaza to fund a future restoration of a historical building.[Tuesday, November 19, 2013]
City looks to spread smoking ban downtown
Palo Alto's ever-expanding ban on smoking is now drifting toward downtown and California Avenue. By an 8-1 vote, with Greg Schmid dissenting, the City Council directed its Policy and Services Committee on Monday night to explore banning outdoor smoking in the city's two primary business thoroughfares.[Tuesday, November 19, 2013]
Mixed-use project on El Camino wins approval
As Palo Alto prepares to adopt a long-awaited vision for the eclectic neighborhood around Fry's Electronics, a group of dense, new developments is winding its way through the city's development pipeline, threatening to significantly alter the facts on the ground. The latest of these, a mixed-use project around 3159 El Camino Real, earned the green light from the City Council on Monday.[Monday, November 18, 2013]
Suit threatened over city's car-camping ban
A group of Palo Alto attorneys is threatening to sue the city over a recently adopted ban on vehicle habitation, a law that they claim effectively criminalizes homelessness and that is far more draconian than car-dwelling restrictions in other jurisdiction.[Monday, November 18, 2013]
Cops to wear cameras in Palo Alto
Drivers who get pulled over by motorcycle cops in Palo Alto rarely feel like smiling. The Police Department's proposal to put cameras on police officers is unlikely to change that, though it may offer alleged violators a little reassurance about officer accountability.[Thursday, November 14, 2013]
Palo Alto eyes smoking ban downtown
Having snuffed out smoking at local parks earlier this year, Palo Alto officials are now proposing to extend the cigarette ban to the city's two most prominent business districts.[Thursday, November 14, 2013]
Fines proposed for construction laggards
Seeking to clamp down on mysterious, blight-inducing and seemingly never-ending construction projects, Palo Alto is preparing to adopt a new law that would fine residents with expired building permits.[Wednesday, November 13, 2013]
Fresh snags to delay opening of Mitchell Park Library
Palo Alto's frustrating slog to rebuild the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center is facing a fresh wave of construction setbacks, pushing the estimated completion date of the beleaguered project to early spring of 2014.[Wednesday, November 13, 2013]
Palo Alto expands public-art program
Palo Alto's vocal art critics will soon have plenty to cheer, jeer, laugh and complain about thanks to the City Council's decision on Tuesday to greatly expand the city's public-art program.[Tuesday, November 12, 2013]
After Maybell defeat, city to rethink zoning policies
Days after Palo Alto voters overwhelmingly shot down a proposed housing complex on Maybell Avenue, city leaders announced that they're hitting the brakes on two colossal rezoning proposals and launching a broad community discussion about future development.[Tuesday, November 12, 2013]