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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 aims to slash waiting time for permits
Palo Alto's famously infuriating permit-review process is about to get a major makeover. The City Council decided Tuesday to add five new staff members, including a new director, to the chronically busy Development Center.[Tuesday, September 6, 2011]
Development Center staff could grow
While layoffs, vacancies and retirements continue to shrink the workforce at Palo Alto City Hall, city officials are planning to significantly bolster the number of workers who process building permits and development applications.[Friday, September 2, 2011]
Planned bike bridge called too complex, pricey
Palo Alto's dream of a spacious, elegant bike bridge spanning U.S. Highway 101 and connecting residents to the Baylands should be scaled back or deferred, members of the city's Planning and Transportation Commission said Wednesday night.[Wednesday, August 31, 2011]
Palo Alto seeks to spruce up water-treatment plant
As Palo Alto strives to sort out the future of its financially shaky waste operation, city officials are proceeding with plans to spruce up the Baylands area where most of the operation is based.[Wednesday, August 31, 2011]
Sandas resigns as Chamber of Commerce CEO
The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is searching for a new leader after CEO Paula Sandas announced her plan to step down at the end of September. Sandas, who took over the top position at the Chamber in January 2009, said she had tendered her resignation earlier this month and accepted a position with Santa Cruz County-based Satellite Telework Center.[Wednesday, August 31, 2011]
Plan for 'blended' rail system gains steam
A proposal by three lawmakers to blend high-speed rail and Caltrain on the Peninsula received a boost Friday when a panel of experts retained by the California High-Speed Rail Authority decided to lend its support to the idea. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=22195 Study: High-speed rail could use Caltrain corridor] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=21153 Caltrain rethinks relationship with high-speed rail] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=20793 Reps: High-speed rail should merge with improved Caltrain][Tuesday, August 30, 2011]
Anna Eshoo to seek another term
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, a Democrat who has been representing Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View and other cities in the 18th Congressional District for nearly two decades, announced Monday her plans to seek another term. Eshoo, a Menlo Park resident who was first elected to Congress in 1992, issued a statement Monday morning (Aug. 29) declaring her intention to seek reelection in the recently redrawn 18th District.[Monday, August 29, 2011]
Suspicious object shuts down Middlefield Road
A suspicious object resembling a pipe bomb prompted Palo Alto police to shut down a portion of Middlefield Road and evacuate residents from about a dozen homes Sunday morning.[Sunday, August 28, 2011]
Police seek suspect in string of burglaries
Palo Alto police are looking for a suspect in a string of commercial burglaries, including a Wednesday morning burglary at Ramona's Pizza.[Friday, August 26, 2011]
Controversial condo proposal suffers setback
For more than five years, Harold Hohbach's bid to place a three-story building on the corner of Page Mill Road and Park Boulevard has been stuck in planning purgatory featuring multiple design reviews, a retracted approval and a lawsuit from local watchdogs who characterized the planned development as a threat to public health.[Friday, August 26, 2011]