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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
Santa Clara County delays decision on Palo Alto bike bridge
Santa Clara County supervisors hit the brakes Tuesday morning on a proposal by Supervisor Liz Kniss to spend $5 million on a bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto, opting instead to delay the decision on the project until August. ==B Related stories:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25452 Kniss' plan for new bike bridge meets Stanford resistance] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25394 Palo Alto could get $5 million for new bike bridge][Tuesday, May 22, 2012]
Palo Alto looks to link Main Library, Art Center
Palo Alto will forge ahead with a plan to link the Main Library and the Palo Alto Art Center with a new driveway despite concerns from some local gardeners who argued Monday night that the planned road would mess up their turf.[Monday, May 21, 2012]
Kniss' plan for new bike bridge meets Stanford resistance
A proposal by Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss to use funds contributed to the county by Stanford University for a new bike bridge over Highway 101 in Palo Alto is facing resistance from the Stanford community, where residents and officials are urging the county to slow down and consider other alternatives for the funds.[Monday, May 21, 2012]
Gardeners irked by planned driveway near Main Library
As Palo Alto plows forth with major upgrades to the Main Library and the Palo Alto Art Center, city officials are also looking to make changes to the layout of the Newell Road complex that houses the two major facilities.[Monday, May 21, 2012]
Seven injured in multi-vehicle crash in Palo Alto
A traffic collision involving an Airport shuttle van and three other vehicles in Palo Alto late Wednesday night sent seven people to the hospital, one with serious injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol and the Palo Alto Fire Department.[Thursday, May 17, 2012]
Palo Alto could get $5 million for new bike bridge
Palo Alto's ambitious plan to give residents and bicyclists convenient, year-round access to the Baylands took a major leap forward Wednesday morning when Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss unveiled a new proposal that would invest $5 million in a new bicycle bridge over U.S. Highway 101.[Wednesday, May 16, 2012]
Palo Alto committee backs public-safety cuts
Palo Alto's traffic-enforcement team, which once consisted of seven officers, is now down to just two because of years of staffing cuts and an unusually high number of vacancies in the Police Department this year.[Wednesday, May 16, 2012]
Palo Alto signs new deal with police union
The nine-month standoff between Palo Alto and its police union came to an end early Tuesday morning when the City Council approved a new contract that imposes benefit reductions on the 82-member union.[Tuesday, May 15, 2012]
Palo Alto approves downtown 'Gateway' building
Downtown Palo Alto will soon have a prominent new "gateway" building next to the Caltrain station, though the glassy new development won't be as tall or ambitious as the one originally proposed. ==B Related material:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25276 Editorial: Money as a 'public benefit'?] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=16773 Guest Opinion: Even without housing, Gateway offers many benefits] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=16775 Guest Opinion: Gateway project breaks all of city's zoning rules] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25225 Parking concerns central in Lytton Gateway meeting][Tuesday, May 15, 2012]
Palo Alto set to rule on downtown 'Gateway' building
A revised plan to build a prominent "gateway" building at the downtown intersection of Alma Street and Lytton Avenue in Palo Alto will be the subject of a public hearing tonight. ==B Related stories:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25276 Editorial: Money as a 'public benefit'?][Monday, May 14, 2012]