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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
Palo Alto approves AT&T's antenna plan
AT&T's proposal to install antennas on 19 utility poles throughout Palo Alto has received the green light from the city's planning department.[Wednesday, December 21, 2011]
Palo Alto moves ahead with electric-vehicle policy
Seeking to bolster the city's reputation as a clean-tech leader and prepare for a surge of electric vehicles on city streets, Palo Alto officials this week adopted a new policy to encourage installation of charging stations.[Wednesday, December 21, 2011]
Palo Alto calls for 'termination' of high-speed rail
In a dramatic reversal from its position three years ago, the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night adopted as the city's official position a call for termination of California's beleaguered high-speed-rail project.[Monday, December 19, 2011]
Mitchell Park Library project gets $1.9 million boost
Palo Alto's effort to build the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center -- by far the largest and most ambitious project in the $76 million bond voters passed in 2008 -- received a major lift Monday when a group of community volunteers contributed $1.9 million to the city to pay for books, computers and furniture in the new library.[Monday, December 19, 2011]
Suit filed over Palo Alto's park 'undedication'
Opponents of Palo Alto's plan to build a waste-to-energy facility in the Baylands have filed a lawsuit against the city challenging the November election that made land for such a facility available.[Friday, December 16, 2011]
Palo Alto's downtown post office to be sold
The U.S. Postal Service plans to sell the historic building that houses Palo Alto's downtown post office and move its operations to a smaller facility as part of a nationwide effort to cut costs.[Friday, December 16, 2011]
Busy Palo Alto intersection could see new hotel
The latest addition to Palo Alto's dynamic hotel scene could soon go up near one of the busiest intersections on the south part of the city.[Friday, December 16, 2011]
Palo Alto prepares to welcome new hotels
Developers and Palo Alto land-use watchdogs rarely speak with the same voice, but when the venerable Rickey's Hyatt hotel closed its doors in June 2005, just about everyone was singing the blues.[Friday, December 16, 2011]
Palo Alto police bust alleged copper thieves
Palo Alto police this week arrested two men who they said broke into an East Meadow Circle business and made off with copper pipes.[Wednesday, December 14, 2011]
Palo Alto eyes major changes to Cogswell Plaza
Seeking to spruce up and revitalize one of downtown's most neglected open-space areas, Palo Alto officials are planning to add new landscaping, furniture and lighting to Cogswell Plaza.[Wednesday, December 14, 2011]