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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 looks for partners among green startups
Palo Alto is no stranger to game-changing technologies, but life isn't always easy for local startups looking to City Hall for support.[Wednesday, September 14, 2011]
Council irked by errors, rising costs at Mitchell Park Library
Palo Alto's effort to rebuild Mitchell Park Library and Community Center -- the centerpiece of the city's $76 million bond package -- is facing heavy scrutiny from city leaders because of escalating costs and possible errors by project architects.[Wednesday, September 14, 2011]
City turns to retirees to deal with worker 'exodus'
Faced with an exodus of experienced city workers, Palo Alto is turning to familiar faces for help -- its own retirees.[Tuesday, September 13, 2011]
Parking program a tough sell for Professorville
Residents of Palo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood cheered and applauded when the City Council created the city's first residential permit-parking program in their area two years ago. But residents in the Professorville neighborhood are finding the road toward a similar program to be considerably tougher.[Monday, September 12, 2011]
Palo Alto Recycling Center to close in February
Palo Alto Recycling Center, a Byxbee Park fixture for the past four decades, will shut down for good in February as part of the city's broad effort to reform its waste operation.[Monday, September 12, 2011]
Offices planned for Borders building
When Borders Books leaves Palo Alto later this month, its prominent University Avenue building will likely be converted to office spaces, with some retail on the ground floor, according to plans recently submitted by the property owner.[Friday, September 9, 2011]
Legalized marijuana wafts toward Palo Alto ballot
Marijuana dispensaries could sprout at up to three Palo Alto locations, if the City Council or voters were to approve an ordinance legalizing medical marijuana within city limits.[Thursday, September 8, 2011]
Union's battle against ballot measure reignites
After a brief respite, Palo Alto's firefighters union on Wednesday renewed its legal battle against the city and resurrected its quest to keep a labor-reform measure off the November ballot.[Thursday, September 8, 2011]
New AT&T 'hotzone' opens on University Ave.
Seeking to provide local technophiles with faster and easier Internet access, AT&T on Wednesday launched a "hotzone" initiative in the heart of downtown Palo Alto.[Wednesday, September 7, 2011]
Unions urge Palo Alto to reconsider labor reform
Palo Alto's three public-safety unions are calling on the City Council to rethink its plan to put a repeal of binding arbitration on the November ballot and to consider less dramatic changes to the controversial provision.[Wednesday, September 7, 2011]