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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
Police seek Valentine's Day armed robber
The armed man who allegedly robbed a Palo Alto resident walking a dog Tuesday night was likely responsible for an attempted armed robbery that took place a half hour later in Menlo Park, police said Wednesday. ==B Related story:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=24330 Dog walker robbed near Walter Hays Drive][Wednesday, February 15, 2012]
Palo Alto to sell bonds to residents
Palo Alto residents will have a chance to buy city-issued bonds later this month as part of the city's effort to refinance the bonds it issued more than a decade ago to pay for downtown parking garages.[Wednesday, February 15, 2012]
Dog walker robbed near Walter Hays Drive
Palo Alto police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood Tuesday evening.[Tuesday, February 14, 2012]
Palo Alto looks to strengthen massage law
Palo Alto is plowing ahead with its plan to firm up regulation of local massage practices, but several City Council members said Tuesday night that the ordinance proposed by staff itself needs a little massaging.[Tuesday, February 14, 2012]
City hopes to lure industry to East Meadow Circle
After seeing a surge of housing in several south Palo Alto neighborhoods over the past decades, city officials are now poised to transform these areas near the Mountain View border into enclaves of industry and innovation.[Monday, February 13, 2012]
Ronald McDonald House project moves ahead
A proposal by Ronald McDonald House to build a three-story addition to its Palo Alto facility got off to an auspicious start Monday when the City Council launched the rezoning process that would enable the project.[Tuesday, February 14, 2012]
Shoplifter bagged after scuffle near Nordstrom
A San Francisco woman who police say tried to steal handbags and a leather jacket from Nordstrom in Palo Alto and then brawled with two loss-prevention officers outside the department store was arrested Wednesday evening.[Sunday, February 12, 2012]
Palo Alto to revisit proposed massage ordinance
Palo Alto's quest to upgrade its massage regulations is hitting a nerve among local massage therapists, who are arguing they're being unfairly targeted.[Saturday, February 11, 2012]
Ronald McDonald House eyes major expansion
On a typical day, 11-year-old Adrienne Tamayo takes classes, plays a video game that requires her to dance like Michael Jackson, crafts Shrinky Dinks or colorful picture frames, takes 12 types of medication and undergoes a three-hour-long dialysis session at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.[Sunday, February 12, 2012]
Four-track design back on the table for high-speed rail
A new analysis by the California High-Speed Rail Authority calling for a four-track rail system between the Bay Area and Central Valley has set off a fresh wave of criticism from Palo Alto and surrounding cities, with many calling the latest document a betrayal of the rail authority's earlier promises.[Friday, February 10, 2012]