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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
Man dies in cement-truck accident on Middlefield
A man died on Middlefield Road on Saturday morning after an accident that caused the cement truck he was driving to topple onto its side, Palo Alto police said.[Saturday, August 24, 2013]
With Cubberley 'shelter' closing, nonprofits plot next steps
A proposal by nonprofit groups in the Palo Alto area to target the most violent and disruptive homeless dwellers at Cubberley Community Center with "homeless outreach teams" of case managers is now fading from consideration as officials consider more delicate and less costly ways to provide assistance to the city's neediest population.[Friday, August 23, 2013]
Palo Alto eyes higher standards for new buildings
The criticism began about five years ago, shortly after a 181-townhouse development called Arbor Real made its debut on El Camino Real in south Palo Alto. Now the city is looking at revising its zoning codes, to align with a vision of El Camino as a pedestrian-friendly, vibrant boulevard.[Thursday, August 22, 2013]
Edgewood Plaza developer tries to rebuild history
Nearly a year after construction workers, in an ultimate "Oops!" moment, destroyed a historic building at Edgewood Plaza, the developer responsible for the illegal demolition is preparing to make amends by effectively remaking history.[Wednesday, August 21, 2013]
Palo Alto's new tool targets cardiac arrest
For victims of cardiac arrest, a minute of delay in emergency response can mean the difference between life and death. With that in mind, Palo Alto officials on Monday unveiled a plan to install defibrillators throughout the city and to train a small army of citizen responders on how to use the devices.[Tuesday, August 20, 2013]
Housing advocates, zoning critics clash in Maybell debate
Depending on whom you ask, the bitter debate over a proposed housing development on Maybell Avenue is either a battle over affordable housing for low-income seniors or a citizen struggle to stop a zoning process gone awry.[Tuesday, August 20, 2013]
Palo Alto votes to shut down Cubberley 'shelter'
The countdown to Cubberley Community Center's closure as Palo Alto's "de facto homeless shelter" officially began Monday night, when the City Council approved a package of reforms that include closing the sprawling facility at night and devoting resources to aiding the homelessness.[Monday, August 19, 2013]
Group tries to calm Palo Alto's parking debate
As Palo Alto's office workers and downtown neighborhoods continue to battle it out over parking, a group of residents has formed a new group aiming to bring some civility and rational debate to the proceedings.[Monday, August 19, 2013]
Judge: Rail authority's funding plan violated law
The California High-Speed Rail Authority violated state law and "abused its discretion" in proceeding with the controversial San Francisco-to-Los Angeles train system without first identifying the funding sources for the line's first usable segment, a Sacramento Superior Court judge wrote in a Friday decision.[Saturday, August 17, 2013]
Suspects sought in Robles Park robbery
Palo Alto police are looking for two men who they said robbed, punched and slashed a man who was visiting Robles Park with his young child Thursday evening.[Friday, August 16, 2013]