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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 eyes changes to recycling program
After years of dwindling usage and shrinking space, Palo Alto's recycling center will shutter for good in February -- the latest development in the city's ever-evolving waste-management operation.[Monday, October 31, 2011]
Cubberley Community Center's future still up in the air
Palo Alto's city and school officials agree that the sprawling, run-down Cubberley Community Center in south Palo Alto is vital to the community's needs. But with the long-standing agreement between the city and the school district entering its final year, neither side has a clear vision of what will happen to the 35-acre center 14 months from now.[Monday, October 31, 2011]
Legal battle could threaten labor-reform measure
Palo Alto's high-profile fight with its public-safety unions over labor reform will not end on Election Day, when voters are scheduled to rule on Measure D, but will continue to play out in the courtroom well after the ballots are cast.[Saturday, October 22, 2011]
Plans for California Avenue continue to evolve
Palo Alto's plan to redesign the commercial stretch of California Avenue -- a plan that has galvanized a small community of area merchants -- is becoming more ambitious by the moment, with some City Council members directing staff this week to explore creating a new central plaza and a new parking configuration for the commercial strip.[Friday, October 21, 2011]
Checking the facts on Measure E
What supporters and opponents of Measure E are saying.[Friday, October 21, 2011]
Battle over the Baylands
The brown and dusty expanse of barren land next to Palo Alto's water-treatment plant looks like an unlikely setting for the next major battle in the city's Green Civil War. ==B Related material:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=22944 A Measure E primer] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=22946 Checking the facts on Measure E] • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=22948 Editorial: Yes on E, with caution][Friday, October 21, 2011]
Stalled development may spur another lawsuit
A developer whose long and litigious quest to build a three-story building on Page Mill Road suffered a major setback earlier this month is now considering filing another lawsuit against the city, according to a letter he submitted to the City Council.[Thursday, October 20, 2011]
Palo Alto sees good news on revenue front
Rising revenues and savings in a new firefighter contract have brought Palo Alto a rare bit of good news on the financial front -- developments that should stave off personnel cuts in the current fiscal year.[Wednesday, October 19, 2011]
Palo Alto charges forth with electric-vehicle plan
With Palo Alto companies and residents leading the charge in the emerging field of electric vehicles, city officials are racing to make sure they aren't left behind.[Wednesday, October 19, 2011]
Superintendent: district still on track to buy land
The Palo Alto school district remains on track to acquire a coveted 2.6-acre parcel on San Antonio Road, school officials said. Meanwhile, a housing developer Monday obtained City Council approval to build 10 large homes on the site in case the school deal falls apart.[Tuesday, October 18, 2011]