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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
Competition heats up in race for new state Senate district
To the average Peninsula voter, Brisbane and Sunnyvale have little in common. The former is a small, industrial suburb on San Francisco's doorstep, the latter a high-tech hub in the heart of Silicon Valley.[Friday, May 11, 2012]
Plan to close Palo Alto animal shelter fizzles
Palo Alto's Animal Services Center may soon become a major financial drain, but a City Council committee agreed at an emotional hearing Thursday night that the aged but popular shelter is far too important to the community to shutter.[Thursday, May 10, 2012]
Palo Alto, police union reach tentative deal
After nine months of tense negotiations, Palo Alto and its largest police union have reached a tentative deal -- an agreement that would trim salaries, reduce pension benefits for newly hired employees and require officers to contribute toward their pension and health care costs.[Thursday, May 10, 2012]
Future of Palo Alto's animal services to be debated tonight
The fate of Palo Alto's aged but popular Animal Services Center on East Bayshore Road will be the focus of a public hearing tonight when a City Council committee considers a staff proposal to outsource animal services.[Thursday, May 10, 2012]
Downed line causes outage in south Palo Alto
About 500 utility customers in south Palo Alto, including two area hotels, lost power for about three hours this morning after a contractor working in the area of Wilkie Way accidentally caused a circuit to break and a power line to drop, utility officials said. Utility officials restored power to all affected customers by 12:15 p.m.[Wednesday, May 9, 2012]
Palo Alto looks to raise fees for artist studios, athletic fields
Faced with skyrocketing pension and health care costs for city workers and retirees, Palo Alto officials are considering raising fees for athletes who play on local fields, gardeners who plant at city parks and artists who rent studios at the Cubberley Community Center to balance the budget this year.[Wednesday, May 9, 2012]
City of Palo Alto overhauls its website
The City of Palo Alto on Monday launched its new website, capping years of tweaks, frustration and ridicule from the city's tech-savvy community about the existing site.[Tuesday, May 8, 2012]
Palo Alto eyes major upgrade to sewage plant
For a city that prides itself on its high-tech vision and green policies, Palo Alto's aged sewage-treatment operation has long been a source of embarrassment. Now the city is looking to make major upgrades to the plant.[Monday, May 7, 2012]
Judge rejects challenge to California Avenue plan
The City of Palo Alto's effort to remove two lanes from California Avenue took a leap forward Monday afternoon when a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge rejected a lawsuit from a local merchant who opposes the lane reduction.[Monday, May 7, 2012]
Palo Alto mulls major reductions in animal services
Palo Alto residents would lose many of the animal services they currently enjoy, including the ability to voluntarily surrender pets, if the city were to scrap its longstanding operation and outsource it to another city, according to a new city report.[Monday, May 7, 2012]