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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
Professorville may soon get permit-parking program
After complaining for years about a dearth of parking in their historic downtown neighborhood, Professorville residents may soon get a reprieve. Palo Alto plans to set up a pilot program that would limit parking for visitors to two hours.[Friday, June 15, 2012]
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce CEO resigns
The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is once again looking for a new leader after its president announced Thursday that he is resigning after just six months on the job.[Friday, June 15, 2012]
Palo Alto looks to expand plastic-bag ban
Palo Alto's crusade against plastic bags will significantly expand in the coming months as city officials plow forth with a plan to ban the rustling creek polluters from local stores and restaurants.[Thursday, June 14, 2012]
Private funds may help solve public-safety dilemma
Palo Alto's long and winding voyage to replace its cramped police headquarters took a new turn Wednesday night when city officials unveiled a proposal by a commercial developer to help build a new facility as part of a bid to construct an office building on Page Mill Road.[Wednesday, June 13, 2012]
Palo Alto attorney seeks seat on City Council
Attorney Marc Berman, a former state Assembly candidate who had spent much of the past year surveying Palo Alto's infrastructure problems, has declared his intention to run for a City Council seat in November.[Wednesday, June 13, 2012]
Palo Alto looks to 'Friends' group for budget help
Faced with growing expenditures and persistent budget deficits, Palo Alto is increasingly looking to volunteers and community organizations for help to balance the books and preserve existing services.[Monday, June 11, 2012]
Palo Alto council to debate budget changes
A budget that includes fee increases for a wide range of services, higher rates for plots at community gardens and elimination of six firefighter positions will be the subject of a public hearing in front of the Palo Alto City Council tonight.[Monday, June 11, 2012]
Caltrain looks to bolster service in Palo Alto
Spurred by a swelling number of commuters, Caltrain plans to bolster its weekday service by adding six trains and having more existing trains stop in Palo Alto.[Friday, June 8, 2012]
Palo Alto plans major revamp of Fire Department
Firefighters are typically associated in the popular imagination with burning buildings, wildfires and disaster response. These images, while valid, are increasingly becoming anachronistic in the Palo Alto Fire Department, where requests for medical service are now taking up more than half of all calls.[Thursday, June 7, 2012]
Palo Alto sees its fiber dream fizzle
After 15 years of failed schemes and dashed hopes, Palo Alto is preparing to pull the plug on its dream of bringing ultra-high-speed Internet to every household in the city.[Thursday, June 7, 2012]