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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
Judge halts plan to cut lanes on Cal Ave
Palo Alto has to halt its plan to reduce lanes on California Avenue and reconsider its environmental analysis of the streetscaping plan for the business district, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge ruled earlier this month.[Friday, November 18, 2011]
Palo Alto names new city auditor
Palo Alto has completed its search for a new city auditor Thursday, tapping a veteran from San Diego County for the post.[Friday, November 18, 2011]
Palo Alto relaxes parking rules for holiday season
Palo Alto shoppers will get a slight reprieve from the city's parking laws this holiday season -- an extra hour of free parking in the city's garages.[Thursday, November 17, 2011]
Palo Alto softens stance on vehicle dwellers
Palo Alto officials are backing off their proposal to ban vehicle dwellers and are now considering less stringent approaches, including designated lots for the homeless and no changes at all. ==B Related stories:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=22060 Vehicle dwelling: Harmless or nuisance?][Wednesday, November 16, 2011]
High-speed rail hearing draws hundreds to Palo Alto
Critics and supporters of California's proposed high-speed rail system faced off Tuesday in Palo Alto over a $98.5 billion question: Is the voter-approved project a desperately needed job engine or an out-of-control boondoggle that needs to be stopped?[Tuesday, November 15, 2011]
Firefighters lose legal challenge against Palo Alto
A week after Palo Alto firefighters lost their long-held right to take labor disputes to arbitration, they suffered another defeat when a state labor-relations board threw out their legal complaint against the city.[Tuesday, November 15, 2011]
City rethinks plan to scrap composting operation
Palo Alto's composting operation, which was slated to shut down within about a month, could get a new lease on life thanks to the voters' decision last week to make a portion of Byxbee Park available for a waste facility.[Tuesday, November 15, 2011]
Palo Alto mulls tougher stance on high-speed rail
The more Palo Alto officials learn about California's proposed high-speed rail, the more their opposition swells. On Monday night, an already skeptical City Council considered taking its toughest stance against the project to date.[Tuesday, November 15, 2011]
Rail advocates, critics to face off in Palo Alto
Top officials from the California High-Speed Rail Authority will join some of the rail project's toughest critics in Palo Alto Tuesday afternoon for a public discussion of the controversial, voter-approved rail line.[Monday, November 14, 2011]
Equity prepares to buy East Palo Alto apartments
Despite protests from the community and concern from the City Council, Wells Fargo Bank is now finalizing its sale of more than 1,800 housing units in East Palo Alto to a single buyer with a nationwide portfolio.[Friday, November 11, 2011]