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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's city auditor resigns
Palo Alto City Auditor James Pelletier will step down next month to join an international auditing organization, the city announced Thursday afternoon.[Thursday, August 15, 2013]
Palo Alto finds 'smart city' partners abroad
When Palo Alto launched its Sister City program half a century ago, no one talked about "entrepreneurship," "sustainability" or "deliverables." The city's new partnership with Heidelberg, Germany, shows just how much the times have changed.[Wednesday, August 14, 2013]
City seeks to revive 'stale' commission process
It takes a special kind of a volunteer serve on a local commission in Palo Alto, one with a thick skin, an analytical brain, a patient demeanor and a willingness to wade knee-deep into policy muck on issues ranging from cigarette smoke and sidewalk widths to public sculptures and storm drains. This week, the city passed a series of reforms aimed at attracting more citizens into the commission process.[Wednesday, August 14, 2013]
City looks to displace, aid Cubberley's homeless
With Palo Alto's ban on vehicle dwelling set to kick in early next month, city officials are scrambling to construct a safety net for the dozens of car campers who will soon be displaced from Cubberley Community Center.[Tuesday, August 13, 2013]
Tree removals eyed near Palo Alto golf course
The renovation of Palo Alto's golf course isn't set to begin until next year, but local golfers should see plenty of hard hats and soil piles on the Baylands course starting later this week.[Tuesday, August 13, 2013]
Crescent Park gets a ban on overnight parking
Crescent Park residents seeking a cure for their parking pains received a Band-Aid on Monday night, when Palo Alto officials banned overnight parking at a particularly congested section of the neighborhood.[Monday, August 12, 2013]
Tiny mouse looms large over levee project
It stands less than an inch tall, sports a cinnamon belly, munches on pickleweed and spends its nights dodging owls and raptors in the Palo Alto Baylands. Now, this tiny critter threatens to delay a $16.7 million, regional flood-control plan that took years to formulate and that aims to protect Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park from the dreaded 100-year flood.[Saturday, August 10, 2013]
Maybell opponents accuse city of 'fraud'
When Palo Alto officials agreed Thursday to send a controversial housing development on Maybell Avenue to a November vote, they urged both sides to stick to the facts and to be respectful of one another. Judging by the comments made by project opponents at Thursday's meeting, that request may be a bit much to ask.[Friday, August 9, 2013]
City finds flaws in plan to compensate Buena Vista residents
An effort by the owner of Palo Alto's sole mobile-home park suffered another setback this week in his quest to convert the park to an apartment complex when the city rejected his attempt to tally up the costs of relocating the park's residents.[Friday, August 9, 2013]
Special election set for November on Maybell development
Palo Alto's bitter debate over an approved housing development on Maybell Avenue will be settled in the voting booth this November, when the city holds its first referendum in a decade.[Thursday, August 8, 2013]