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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 to further debate manager salaries
Palo Alto's drive to give its group of managers of professionals a 2 percent raise this year hit a speed bump Monday night when the City Council decided that the compensation level of these employees should be studied in greater detail before a final decision is made.[Tuesday, May 7, 2013]
Palo Alto ponders ways to spend Stanford funds
Two years after Palo Alto approved a dramatic expansion of Stanford University Medical Center, city officials find themselves in a pleasant quandary as they look for ways to spend the cash that Stanford had contributed as part of the development deal.[Tuesday, May 7, 2013]
Palo Alto takes fresh look at managers' salaries
The City of Palo Alto's group of managers and professionals would get a 2 percent raise this year under an agreement the council is set to consider Monday night. At the same time, the city is conducting a study that will help them determine a new salary schedule that would bring local salaries in line with those from other cities.[Friday, May 3, 2013]
Palo Alto optimistic about police-building proposal
Palo Alto officials remain optimistic about the prospect of building a new police headquarters on Park Boulevard despite earlier concerns that the proposed facility would not meet the needs of the Police Department.[Friday, May 3, 2013]
Rise of committees divides Palo Alto council
A surge of pressing issues and an ambitious 2013 agenda have caused a proliferation of new committees on the Palo Alto City Council, but some members are questioning whether these committees -- and their membership -- have become too exclusive and too powerful.[Friday, May 3, 2013]
Regional housing projections called 'excessive'
Palo Alto takes great pride in its ongoing, aggressive efforts to fight climate change and encourage transit use, but a regional plan to do the same is rubbing local officials the wrong way and prompting an outpouring of criticism from City Hall.[Wednesday, May 1, 2013]
Palo Alto project makes public a trove of data
Depending on one's digital prowess and hunger for data, Palo Alto's newest transparency initiative is either a head-scratcher or a reason to rejoice. The city last week unveiled its latest "open data" initiative -- Open GIS.[Wednesday, May 1, 2013]
Palo Alto to experiment with less-frequent street sweeping
Residents of certain Palo Alto neighborhoods may notice their streets and sidewalks get a bit leafier in the coming months as the city cuts back on street sweeping.[Monday, April 29, 2013]
Changes related to Main Library closure
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Palo Alto embarks on Main Library expansion
With the Downtown Library as good as new and the reconstruction of Mitchell Park Library crawling toward the closing chapter after a series of unwelcome plot twists, officials are now preparing for the grand conclusion of the city's library revival -- the renovation and expansion of Main Library.[Friday, April 26, 2013]