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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
'Fazzino farewell packs Palo Alto pantheon'
Palo Alto's political luminaries, activists and residents packed into St. Albert the Great Church Thursday afternoon to celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Gary Fazzino, a former mayor whose encyclopedic knowledge and unconditional love for the city have become the stuff of local legend.[Friday, November 9, 2012]
Palo Alto's bicycle pioneer Ellen Fletcher dies
Ellen Fletcher, a former Palo Alto City Councilwoman who spearheaded the city's transformation into a nationally recognized bike-friendly community, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, after a battle with lung cancer, according to her friends and family. She was 83.[Thursday, November 8, 2012]
Kniss, Schmid, Burt, Berman win council election
Palo Alto voters gave the city's political establishment an enthusiastic vote of confidence on Election Tuesday when they re-elected Pat Burt and Greg Schmid to the City Council and restored former Mayor Liz Kniss to her familiar position behind the dais. Joining the veteran trio will be attorney Marc Berman.[Tuesday, November 6, 2012]
Palo Alto's marijuana measure goes down in defeat
Marijuana laws may remain hazy in California but Palo Alto residents made their position clear on Election Day when they stubbed out a proposition that would have allowed up to three pot shops to operate within city borders.[Tuesday, November 6, 2012]
Election Day energizes Palo Alto voters
Recent elections have been eye-glazing, shoe-gazing affairs for Palo Alto's poll workers -- occasions for pleasure reading, quiet rumination and playful banter with the rare voter. But with the presidential race and a slew of local candidates and state propositions on the ballot, poll workers are finding their precincts buzzing.[Tuesday, November 6, 2012]
City hopes to keep retail on key downtown block
Concerned about a wave of offices overtaking downtown shops, the Palo Alto City Council signaled its commitment to preserve the area's retail character when it directed staff Monday night to come up with zoning changes that would protect a particularly vulnerable block.[Tuesday, November 6, 2012]
Council trio pushes for more ground-floor retail downtown
With office developments on the rise in downtown Palo Alto, three City Council members are calling for the city to consider zoning changes that would protect the character of the shopping area by restricting ground floors to retail use at streets throughout downtown.[Friday, November 2, 2012]
Palo Alto casts wide net in search of parking solutions
Faced with constant complaints about a dearth of parking spots on downtown streets, Palo Alto officials are weighing a wide range of dramatic solutions, from building new garages and introducing valet parking at existing ones to installing more electric-vehicle charging stations and beefing up the parking requirements for new developments.[Thursday, November 1, 2012]
Wave of 'beautification' projects heads downtown
Palo Alto's busiest downtown thoroughfare will undergo a series of touchups in the coming months, though in some cases the price for beautification will include traffic disruptions and parking restrictions.[Tuesday, October 30, 2012]
Hill enjoys fundraising edge in state Senate race
With elections just days away, Assemblyman Jerry Hill is banking on his superior campaign chest to help him carry the day in the state Senate race, while his opponent, former Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, is hoping that grassroots support from her home turf will help her narrow the gap and score a major upset.[Wednesday, October 31, 2012]