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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 may fly rainbow flag
The rainbow flag may soon fly high over Palo Alto's King Plaza as a colorful reminder to the world where the city stands on the topic of same-sex marriage.[Monday, April 1, 2013]
San Jose man charged with robberies in Palo Alto
A man who police believe used a handgun to rob stores and banks throughout the region, including a Walgreens and a bank in Palo Alto, was arrested in Milpitas March 20.[Friday, March 29, 2013]
Palo Alto struggles to find the meaning of 'benefit'
Philosophers may rack their brains over the meaning of life, but for Palo Alto's developers, neighborhood leaders and elected officials, the meaning of "public benefits" is in many ways a more puzzling matter.[Wednesday, March 27, 2013]
Three arrested for burglaries in Palo Alto garage
Three San Francisco residents were arrested in downtown Palo Alto on Tuesday night and charged with smashing and burglarizing cars after they were allegedly caught acting suspiciously by plainclothes officers who were patrolling a High Street garage in the aftermath of a burglary spree.[Wednesday, March 27, 2013]
Greenmeadow to lead city's organic-waste experiment
For residents of Palo Alto's Greenmeadow neighborhood, the routine chore of putting out black trash bins for Wednesday's garbage pickup took on added significance this week.[Wednesday, March 27, 2013]
Planned dog park in north Palo Alto hits a snag
Palo Alto's plan to give residents in the north part of the city their first dog park is now in limbo after officials learned that visiting pooches would be exercising too close to another local species -- the steelhead trout swimming in the nearby San Francisquito Creek.[Tuesday, March 26, 2013]
Palo Alto's golf course redesign up for review
Palo Alto's evolving effort to bring a "Wow!" factor to its Baylands golf course and to build three athletic fields next to the course will be reviewed by Parks and Recreation Commission tonight.[Tuesday, March 26, 2013]
Palo Alto water rates set to rise again
Palo Alto residents will see their water bills rise yet again in July, despite successful efforts in recent years to conserve water.[Saturday, March 23, 2013]
'Wellness' revolution comes to Palo Alto
Every Wednesday, just after work, Palo Alto City Manager James Keene and a group of employees gather in front of City Hall for a little stretching, some casual chitchat and a brisk run through the Stanford University campus. The weekly run is one component of what city officials hope will soon be a broad wellness program for city employees.[Friday, March 22, 2013]
Health care: Palo Alto's painful dilemma
In 2009, Palo Alto's elected leaders and top management responded to the financial walloping of the Great Recession by embarking on a path toward benefit reform. The effort is about to enter its next phase as management and labor unions prepare for tough negotiations over ways to rein in rapidly rising health care costs.[Friday, March 22, 2013]