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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
Eshoo seeks auction of broadcast spectrum
Spectrum auctions and privacy protection top U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo's list of technological priorities, though with partisanship and the economy dominating Washington, D.C., progress on Internet issues may be tough to reach during the current legislative session, the Silicon Valley lawmaker told a group of tech executives and attorneys Tuesday afternoon.[Tuesday, September 27, 2011]
School officials to discuss buying day care site
The Palo Alto Unified School District plans to press on with its plan to buy a 2.6 acre property near the Mountain View border despite a plan by a local developer to build 10 houses at the coveted site.[Thursday, September 22, 2011]
East Palo Alto seeks to halt apartment sale
Still reeling from the recent financial implosion of the city's largest landlord, East Palo Alto city officials, tenants and community activists are calling on Wells Fargo to halt its pending sale of 1,800 housing units to a single buyer -- a sale that they believe could lead to displacement of thousands of low-income residents.[Wednesday, September 21, 2011]
Water rates rise in Palo Alto
Palo Alto residents will be asked to swallow higher water rates starting next month to help pay for a colossal regional effort to repair the aged Hetch Hetchy water system.[Monday, September 19, 2011]
Firefighters' drive to kill ballot measure rejected
An attempt by Palo Alto's firefighters union to keep a labor-reform measure off the November ballot hit a wall last week, when a state labor-relations board rejected the union's request for an injunction.[Monday, September 19, 2011]
Rail critics prepare for debate over project's costs
As the California High-Speed Rail Authority prepares to release its long-awaited business plan next month, legislators and high-speed rail critics are gearing up for a heated debate over the rising costs of the controversial project.[Monday, September 19, 2011]
Palo Alto set to raise water rates
Palo Alto's water rates would spike by 25 percent for the average residential customer if the City Council approves the latest proposal from the Utility Department tonight (Monday).[Monday, September 19, 2011]
Firefighters gear up for election battle
Even as Palo Alto's firefighters union continues its drive to keep a labor-reform measure off the November ballot, it is simultaneously preparing for a public-relations battle to defeat the measure.[Friday, September 16, 2011]
Church to host forum on vehicle dwelling
Palo Alto's controversial proposal to bar people from sleeping in vehicles will be the subject of a community meeting tonight (Thursday).[Thursday, September 15, 2011]
Developer wins support for new housing near Cubberley
After hitting a wall earlier this year, developer SummerHill Homes scored a major victory Wednesday when its bid to build houses on a coveted south Palo Alto property earned the backing of the city's Planning and Transportation Commission.[Wednesday, September 14, 2011]