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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
Bicyclist hit by car on Middlefield Road Monday
A bicyclist was taken to the hospital after a car crashed into him, sending him flying through the air, at the intersection of Middlefield Road and Seale Avenue in Palo Alto Monday afternoon.[Monday, March 5, 2012]
Residents, investors gobble up Palo Alto bonds
Palo Alto's recent decision to refinance decade-old downtown-parking bonds and to offer new bonds to residents has saved the city more than $7.5 million, city officials said in a statement.[Friday, March 2, 2012]
New theater, office building pitched for downtown
The historic MacArthur Park building in downtown Palo Alto would be relocated to make way for a new theater and a multi-story office building under an ambitious proposal from philanthropist John Arrillaga.[Friday, March 2, 2012]
Group calls for more rail crossings, parks around Caltrain tracks
For Palo Alto residents who live near the Caltrain corridor, the tracks are both a blessing and a curse -- a way to get around the Peninsula without cars and a barrier that restricts their ability to travel east and west.[Friday, March 2, 2012]
Palo Alto looks to hike refuse rates
Palo Alto residents who try to limit their waste by switching to smaller trash cans could find their garbage rates spiking dramatically and possibly doubling over the next several years as part of the city's effort to bring financial stability to its troubled refuse operation.[Thursday, March 1, 2012]
Plan to revitalize Edgewood Plaza moves ahead
A shopping plaza anchored by a Fresh Market grocery store and featuring a small park for residents to gather could soon take shape at Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza after the city's planning commissioners agreed on Wednesday to approve a zone change that would enable the project.[Wednesday, February 29, 2012]
Homebuilder signs deal for Alma Plaza
An ambitious plan to redevelop Alma Plaza in south Palo Alto took another leap forward Tuesday when builder D.R. Horton signed an agreement with the plaza's developer to construct the first 19 houses at the plaza.[Tuesday, February 28, 2012]
Despite tax growth, Palo Alto braces for deficits
After a two-year slump, Palo Alto is finally seeing some sunny news on the revenue front, though officials predict that the rapidly rising cost of employee benefits will continue to saddle the city with years of budget deficits.[Tuesday, February 28, 2012]
Yeh lays out vision for Palo Alto's 'renewal'
Proclaiming 2012 the year of "renewal," Mayor Yiaway Yeh used his "State of the City" address Monday to lay out a vision for sprucing up Palo Alto's aged infrastructure and encouraging residents to become more engaged in city life.[Monday, February 27, 2012]
Yeh to present 'State of the City' address tonight
Palo Alto Mayor Yiaway Yeh will highlight the city's recent accomplishments and lay out his vision for the coming year at the State of the City address tonight.[Monday, February 27, 2012]