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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
Caltrain electrification meeting set for tonight
Caltrain's voyage toward electrification of its Peninsula corridor will make a stop at Palo Alto tonight, where officials will solicit comments about what issues they should study as part of their environmental review for the long-awaited project.[Thursday, February 28, 2013]
Scharff lays out bold plans in 'State of the City'
Calling Palo Alto a place where the "future continues to be invented," Mayor Greg Scharff rolled out on Wednesday night a broad and ambitious agenda for the coming year, including plans to bring wireless Internet service to local parks, add parking garages to downtown and institute smoking restrictions in open-space preserves.[Wednesday, February 27, 2013]
Palo Alto mayor to present 'State of the City' tonight
Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff will lay out his vision for the city and highlight recent accomplishments in his "State of the City" speech tonight, Feb. 27.[Wednesday, February 27, 2013]
Palo Alto eyes contest to design new bike bridge
Architects from Palo Alto and beyond could soon be asked to flap their creative wings and help the city design a new bridge that would span a busy highway and give residents in the south part of the city an elegant, year-round entry point into the Baylands.[Tuesday, February 26, 2013]
Hill's bill seeks to guarantee Caltrain electrification
As Caltrain prepares to embark on its long-stalled voyage toward electrification, Sen. Jerry Hill on Friday unveiled a bill that would bring the the project the funding it needs while, at the same time, ease local anxieties about the controversial high-speed rail line.[Friday, February 22, 2013]
Plans to transform California Avenue win praise
Palo Alto's quest to transform California Avenue into the city's "second downtown" got off to a rough start in 2011, when dozens of area merchants lambasted a plan to reduce the number of driving lanes from four to two. Now, focus is shifting to all the additions the city plans to make to the commercial strip, including new furniture, art and public plazas.[Thursday, February 21, 2013]
City looks to reboot PaloAltoGreen
In a city abuzz with green-energy programs, PaloAltoGreen stands out as a paragon of success, having received a raft of awards and drawn the highest participation rate in the nation. But as Palo Alto pursues broader renewable-energy programs, city officials are wondering whether it's time to revamp or pull the plug on the popular program.[Wednesday, February 20, 2013]
Palo Alto seeks regional cash for slew of projects
Palo Alto's elected officials have a hearty appetite for grant-funded transportation projects, particularly ones that involve bikes, trains and pedestrians. But last week, the City Council agreed that the latest staff proposal for a grant application goes a little too far and much too fast.[Tuesday, February 19, 2013]
Palo Alto considers new gym near the Baylands
A regional effort to calm the flood-prone San Francisquito Creek continues to evolve and expand, with Palo Alto officials this week agreeing to evaluate the possibility of including a new Baylands gym in the project.[Friday, February 15, 2013]
Palo Alto looks to Hill to soothe high-speed-rail concerns
California's high-speed rail project may have left the station last year, when the state Legislature approved funding for the first segment by a single vote, but Palo Alto officials still have plenty of concerns about the locally unpopular project, and they hope their newest representative in Sacramento can help.[Friday, February 15, 2013]