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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
Protesters call on Zuckerberg to 'unfriend ' Christie
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is catching flack for his blossoming friendship with New Jersey's Republican Gov. Chris Christie from abortion-rights activists, who staged a protest in front of Zuckerberg's Palo Alto home Wednesday evening.[Thursday, February 14, 2013]
Planned senior-housing complex wins key vote
Palo Alto, a city with a growing population of seniors and jaw-dropping real estate prices, is about to get a little help in the affordable-housing department. The Palo Alto Housing Corporation, a nonprofit that manages apartment complexes and lower-cost homes throughout the city, scored a key victory Wednesday night in its quest to build a 60 units of affordable housing for seniors on the edge of the Barron Park neighborhood.[Wednesday, February 13, 2013]
Better Place, the electric-car recharging firm, to drive out of Palo Alto
Better Place, a Palo Alto company that in recent years has become synonymous with the city's drive to promote electric vehicles, plans to shutter its local headquarters in the coming months and focus its energies on Israel and Denmark.[Wednesday, February 13, 2013]
Palo Alto fights state mandate for more housing
In what one council member called a fight "for the soul of our city," Palo Alto officials agreed on Monday, Feb. 11, to formally appeal a state mandate calling for the city to plan for more than 2,000 units of new housing over the next decade.[Tuesday, February 12, 2013]
Police chief invites public on 'virtual ride-along'
Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns will don his police uniform, get behind the wheel of a patrol car and bring the community with him on a "virtual ride-along" this Friday as part of his department's recent effort to expand its social-media presence.[Tuesday, February 12, 2013]
Busy intersection could get road work, building
One of Palo Alto's most prominent and congested intersections may soon have a signature building serving as its anchor as part of a proposal that the City Council weighed for the first time Monday night.[Monday, February 11, 2013]
Repairs to impact traffic on Embarcadero
Traffic is expected to slow down on Embarcadero Road and Bryant Street in Palo Alto this week while the city repairs a storm catch basin at the busy intersection.[Monday, February 11, 2013]
Celebrating the New Year
Members of Leung's White Crane Dragon and Lion Dance Association perform during the celebration of the Lunar New Year on Feb. 9 at Barron Park School. Photo by Andre Zandona[Monday, February 11, 2013]
Palo Alto seeks grant funds to revamp transit center
The City Council plans to consider tonight a list of projects that could qualify for the One Bay Area Grant, a program that distributes funds from the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission to local jurisdictions for projects promoting transportation, bike and pedestrian improvements.[Saturday, February 9, 2013]
City mulls response to illegal demolition at Edgewood Plaza
Palo Alto officials are considering imposing new conditions, including an environmental study and additional "public benefits," on a developer who demolished a historic building at the former Edgewood Plaza shopping center without permission from the city last fall. ==B Related story:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26869 Historic Eichler building demolished at Edgewood Plaza][Friday, February 8, 2013]