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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
Gray injects green into council campaign
Tim Gray's dark-horse candidacy for the Palo Alto City Council received a major boost from a $30,000 contribution that the financial consultant has injected into his own campaign.[Tuesday, October 9, 2012]
Councilman Schmid recovering from heart surgery
Palo Alto City Councilman Greg Schmid is in recovery mode after undergoing an unplanned coronary bypass surgery at Sequoia Hospital Wednesday, Oct. 3.[Friday, October 5, 2012]
Palo Alto hires director for its permitting operation
Palo Alto's aggressive effort to reform its famously frustrating permitting operation hit another landmark this week when the city hired its first-ever Development Services Director.[Wednesday, October 3, 2012]
Palo Alto takes a stand against death penalty
Palo Alto thrust itself into a statewide debate over the death penalty Monday night when the City Council emphatically endorsed a proposal to abolish the practice, which officials characterized as both morally and financially crippling.[Tuesday, October 2, 2012]
Buena Vista residents urge city to save their homes
Residents of Palo Alto's only surviving mobile-home park are rising up against a proposal from a San Mateo-based developer to turn their community into a dense housing development.[Tuesday, October 2, 2012]
Road 'trial' to remain permanent on Arastradero
Palo Alto's two-year experiment with lane reductions, traffic-signal modifications and median islands on a busy stretch of Arastradero Road was officially deemed a success Monday night by the City Council, which voted to make the recent changes permanent.[Monday, October 1, 2012]
Palo Alto finds an economic partner in China
Palo Alto already has six sister cities, but on Thursday, Sept. 27, the city signed a different kind of an agreement with a Chinese municipality known for technological might.[Friday, September 28, 2012]
Palo Alto to wave goodbye to garbage trucks?
Garbage trucks could soon become a less common sight on Palo Alto streets as the city proceeds with an ambitious effort to keep food scraps and other organic waste out of local landfills.[Friday, September 28, 2012]
Election 2012: Six vie for seats on Palo Alto City Council
There was a time decades ago when City Council meetings in Palo Alto resembled episodes of "The Real World," with raucous debates, endless bickering and insults flying across the dais. These days, by contrast, council members often speak with the same voice, particularly when it comes to growth. ==B Related material:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26960 The candidates weigh in] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26966 Watch Palo Alto City Council candidate interviews] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26957 Palo Alto City Council candidate bios] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26965 Upcoming local political forums][Friday, September 28, 2012]
Palo Alto moves ahead with 'neighborhood grants'
Seeking to strengthen the ties that bind neighbors in Palo Alto, city leaders endorsed on Monday night a proposal from Mayor Yiaway Yeh to start a "neighborhood grants" program that would fund block parties, neighborhood-watch programs and other projects aimed at boosting a sense of connectedness.[Tuesday, September 25, 2012]