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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
Historic board pans plan to move Hostess House
A proposal to relocate the historic Julia Morgan-designed building at 27 University Ave. to make way for four office towers and a theater drew a harsh reception at Wednesday morning's meeting of the Historic Resources Board, where members expressed grave concerns about uprooting what they called a significant part of the city's history.[Wednesday, December 5, 2012]
Palo Alto nixes election on Arrillaga's downtown proposal
Faced with a flurry of criticism of a sweeping proposal to build four office towers and a theater in downtown Palo Alto, city officials on Tuesday scrapped the idea of bringing the project to the voters in June. ==B Related stories:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=27751 Undisclosed meetings, private funds cloud downtown debate] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=27759 Editorial: The push for 27 University ][Tuesday, December 4, 2012]
Palo Alto settles suit over compost plant
The City of Palo Alto has reached a settlement with a group of environmentalists who had filed a lawsuit challenging a proposal to build a waste-to-energy facility in the Baylands.[Monday, December 3, 2012]
Holiday Fund: Library Foundation pushes to furnish city's libraries
Palo Alto's politicos, civic leaders and bookworms rejoiced in November 2008 when voters resoundingly passed Measure N, a $76 million bond measure to renovate two city libraries and rebuild its largest library at Mitchell Park.[Saturday, December 1, 2012]
Undisclosed meetings, private funds cloud downtown debate
In July 2011, just weeks after Palo Alto approved the mammoth expansion of the Stanford University Medical Center -- the largest development in the city's history -- city officials learned about another giant project, this one nearby in downtown Palo Alto.[Friday, November 30, 2012]
Report: Taser deployed in Palo Alto arrest
After nearly two years of silence, Palo Alto Police Department Tasers buzzed to life earlier this year with officers deploying the stun guns on two occasions, according to a new report from Independent Police Auditor Michael Gennaco.[Thursday, November 29, 2012]
Arrillaga scales down plan for University Avenue
A controversial plan by developer John Arrillaga to build a new "arts and innovation district" with four office towers and a theater on University Avenue has been revised after a flurry of complaints from Palo Alto officials and residents about the height and scale of the proposed buildings.[Thursday, November 22, 2012]
Feature story: Downtown's growing pains
The rest of America may still be shaking off the economic hangover from the Great Recession, but downtown Palo Alto is fully awake. And yet the area's recent and expected growth is also prompting serious head scratching and heated disagreement in City Hall these days.[Friday, November 23, 2012]
Audit prompts changes in Palo Alto's purchasing operation
The City of Palo Alto is re-examining its purchasing policies and switching office-supply providers after a critical audit found that the city could have saved close to $350,000 if it had better contract management.[Wednesday, November 21, 2012]
Ban on car dwelling loses support in Palo Alto
Palo Alto is preparing to abandon a deeply divisive proposal to ban vehicle dwelling and to explore instead a program in which businesses, churches and possibly city lots would provide space for residents who live in their automobiles.[Tuesday, November 20, 2012]