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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
Flood-control project to surge ahead next year
When flood-control officials finally break ground next year on an ambitious, long-awaited effort to calm the flood-prone San Francisquito Creek, it won't be just the human residents around the creek whom they'll be looking to protect.[Tuesday, August 7, 2012]
Palo Alto makes city data public
Palo Alto's data-hungry residents and app-makers now have something new to feast on. The City of Palo Alto has unveiled the latest step in its "Open Data" initiative -- an effort that officials say aims to make the government more transparent.[Tuesday, July 31, 2012]
Zumot's attorney looks to overturn murder conviction
The attorney for Paul Zumot, the Palo Alto man convicted last year of strangling his girlfriend and burning down the Addison Avenue cottage they shared, is arguing in an appeal that Zumot did not receive a fair trial and that the conviction should be overturned. ==B Related story:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=23033 Cover story: Her final hours][Thursday, July 26, 2012]
Rent notices stir fears in East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto's largest landlord has issued hundreds of three-day notices to pay rent to its tenants in the Woodland Park neighborhood in recent months, sparking concern among city officials about the prospect of residents getting evicted.[Wednesday, July 25, 2012]
Largest Palo Alto union gets new contract
City workers represented by Palo Alto's largest labor union will contribute more towards their pension and health care costs under a labor contract the City Council approved Monday night.[Tuesday, July 24, 2012]
Palo Alto approves staff cuts, fee hikes at animal shelter
Palo Alto's animal shelter may have been saved from the chopping block last month, but the city's cash-strapped animal-services operation will soon see significant changes, including higher fees and fewer staff members, under a proposal the City Council approved Monday night.[Tuesday, July 24, 2012]
California Avenue changes OK'd, no test of two-lane plan
Palo Alto's contentious drive to make California Avenue more friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists zipped past heated opposition from dozens of area merchants Monday when the City Council nixed a trial elimination of two of the street's four lanes.[Tuesday, July 24, 2012]
Palo Alto to redraw golf course, add playing fields
What began as a plan to boost flood protection around the San Francisquito Creek turned on Monday into an ambitious effort to greatly enhance Palo Alto's recreational opportunities by completely revamping the city's golf course and adding three playing fields to the Baylands site.[Monday, July 23, 2012]
New SEIU contract to raise Palo Alto workers' pension, health care contributions
Employees in Palo Alto's largest labor union will have to start paying a greater share of the city's pension and health care costs under a new contract that the City Council is scheduled to adopt Monday night. ==B Related stories:== • [http://paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26088 Pensions: Palo Alto's ticking time bomb] • [http://paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=26090 State investments take a bite out of local budgets][Wednesday, July 18, 2012]
Palo Alto eyes staff cuts, fee hikes at animal shelter
Palo Alto's popular animal-services operation would see a slew of fee increases and staff cuts under the city's latest proposal to keep the financially troubled division afloat.[Wednesday, July 18, 2012]