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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 behind-the-scenes movers and shakers
They may not be elected officials or department heads, but five members of the City of Palo Alto staff are almost certain to play critical roles in some of the city's most pressing problems and boldest initiatives in 2013.[Sunday, January 6, 2013]
2013: The Year of the Future
With the post-recession triage now in the past and local sales-tax revenues climbing, 2013 promises to be a year of regrouping, soul-searching and looking far into the future in Palo Alto.[Friday, January 4, 2013]
Top five trends of 2012
If there is one trend that has shaped Palo Alto's most fervent debates of 2012 it's the city's push to encourage dense development near major transit stations -- namely, downtown and near California Avenue.[Sunday, December 30, 2012]
Palo Alto's top projects of 2012
Palo Alto's effort to reinvigorate the charming but neglected commercial strip of California Avenue sped ahead this year despite speed bumps of opposition from area merchants.[Sunday, December 30, 2012]
2012: Palo Alto's wild growth spurt
Earlier this month, as Palo Alto's planning commissioners delved into the irksome problem of downtown parking, Commissioner Michael Alcheck made a keen observation: As far as problems go, a wildly popular downtown isn't such a bad problem to have.[Friday, December 28, 2012]
Palo Alto, Madison raise Rose Bowl stakes
With Stanford University and University of Wisconsin preparing for their Rose Bowl showdown, the mayors of Palo Alto and Madison are raising the stakes with a little municipal trash talking and a side bet.[Thursday, December 27, 2012]
Hill, Leno push for disclosure in political ads
Political advertisements would have to clearly identify their top three funders under legislation that state Sens. Jerry Hill and Mark Leno introduced Thursday, Dec. 20.[Friday, December 21, 2012]
Catholic school gets green light for expansion
A new preschool will soon open in Crescent Park after Palo Alto officials voted on Monday to approve an expansion of the St. Elizabeth Seton School.[Thursday, December 20, 2012]
City's electric-wire program hangs in the balance
For nearly 50 years, the City of Palo Alto has slowly and steadily converted electric lines around town from overhead to underground. With 70 more years to go before completing the task, the city is considering creating a new advisory body to gauge community sentiments about whether to continue the costly infrastructure project.[Thursday, December 20, 2012]
Palo Alto hires polling firm to help with measure
With an eye toward a 2014 ballot measure, the Palo Alto City Council this week approved a $90,000 contract with a public-opinion firm to determine which infrastructure projects and funding mechanisms local residents would be willing to support in the voting booth.[Wednesday, December 19, 2012]