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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
Suspect in burglary of Jobs' house gets new lawyer, plea date
Kariem McFarlin, who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly burglarizing the Palo Alto home of the late Steve Jobs and making off with a cache of computers, iPads, Tiffany bracelets, Jobs' wallet and a bottle of Cristal champagne, will wait another month before entering his plea.[Monday, August 20, 2012]
Locals aren't buying Palo Alto's newest green-energy program
Palo Alto may be land of the green and home of the tech-savvy, but the city's latest renewable-energy program has so far failed to achieve even a spark of participation from local customers, forcing officials to go back to the drawing board.[Sunday, August 19, 2012]
Palo Alto sees shrinking pool of City Council candidates
When Palo Alto made the switch from odd- to even-year City Council elections in 2010, one of the goals was to generate more buzz about local contests by aligning them with the higher-profile state and national races. Apparently, would-be council candidates didn't get that memo.[Thursday, August 16, 2012]
Public input sought for flood-control project
A dramatic flood-control project that involves redesigning the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course and building new levees and floodwalls between U.S. Highway 101 and the Baylands will be the subject of a public hearing in East Palo Alto tonight. ==B Related stories:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26378 Flood-control project to surge ahead next year][Wednesday, August 15, 2012]
Tiffany necklace, iPads reported stolen from Steve Jobs' home
The home of the late Steve Jobs, Apple's iconic co-founder, became one of Palo Alto's latest burglary targets last month when a man allegedly made off with at least two Apple computers, an iPad, a host of other electronic equipment, jewelry and other personal items from the Waverley Street residence, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.[Tuesday, August 14, 2012]
Burglar strikes Steve Jobs' home in Palo Alto
The home of the late Steve Jobs, Apple's iconic co-founder, became one of Palo Alto's latest burglary targets last month when a man allegedly made off with computers and jewelry from the Waverley Street residence, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.[Tuesday, August 14, 2012]
Palo Alto raises red flags about rail funding
Nearly a month after California legislators passed a bill to begin construction of high-speed rail, Palo Alto officials are still trying to sort out the ambiguities in the new bill and considering ways to insert "cleanup language" that would ease local anxieties about the highly controversial project.[Friday, August 10, 2012]
City to repave San Antonio Road, replace trees
Palo Alto plans to launch on Monday the next phase of the San Antonio Road construction project, an effort that includes widening a section of the road, replacing street trees and repaving the busy street at the city's southern border.[Friday, August 10, 2012]
Google fined $22.5M for privacy 'misrepresentations'
Google will be required to pay a $22.5 million penalty after the Federal Trade Commission charged the Mountain View-based Internet search giant with misrepresenting its privacy settings to its users.[Thursday, August 9, 2012]
City set to limit amplified sound at Lytton Plaza
Lytton Plaza has long served as Palo Alto's prime meeting ground for the discontent masses, from the Vietnam War protests in the 1960s to the demonstration against the city's freshly passed noise ordinance in the 1970s. But a musician looking to blast an angry riff on his or her electric guitar may soon have a new set of rules to follow.[Thursday, August 9, 2012]