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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 tries to fill underused downtown garages
Palo Alto boasts no shortage of downtown parking garages, including one that hulks over Bryant Street, one buried under City Hall and one that glows like a lantern after sunset on High Street. The problem, from the city's perspective, is that many drivers don't know these garages exist.[Wednesday, August 24, 2011]
Bay Area News Group to lay off workers, rebrand papers
In the latest sign of economic distress in the newspaper industry, the Bay Area News Group announced Tuesday its plan to consolidate its printing operations and rebrand its newspapers -- a move that the company said would lead to elimination of about 120 jobs.[Wednesday, August 24, 2011]
Man arrested after south Palo Alto stabbing
A Palo Alto resident was arrested for attempted murder Tuesday evening after he allegedly stabbed his wife several times, police said.[Wednesday, August 24, 2011]
Political establishment split over labor measure
When Palo Alto's firefighters spearheaded a ballot measure last year that sought to freeze staffing levels in the Fire Department, former Councilman John Barton was in the forefront of the opposition. This year, however, Barton finds himself on the side of the firefighters.[Tuesday, August 23, 2011]
VIDEO: East Palo Alto residents protest sale of apartments
As Wells Fargo prepares to unload its huge apartment portfolio in East Palo Alto, city residents, officials and tenant activists are gearing up for another battle to preserve rent control in the city's Woodland Park neighborhood.[Tuesday, August 23, 2011]
EPA tenants rally against proposed apartment sale
East Palo Alto residents and tenant advocates will take it to the streets this afternoon to protest Wells Fargo Bank's potential sale of about 1,800 units in the Woodland Park neighborhood to the investment fund Equity Residential.[Monday, August 22, 2011]
Palo Alto to shop around for electricity projects
Palo Alto's utility officials have a pleasant conundrum on their hands these days -- a $50 million fund that the city can use to upgrade its transmission system, install smart meters or pursue other "special projects" relating to electricity.[Sunday, August 21, 2011]
Palo Alto targeting solar panels for green power
After years of relying on wind farms and methane-burning landfills for "green" energy, Palo Alto officials are now targeting a source much closer to home -- solar panels on the roofs of local businesses.[Saturday, August 13, 2011]
Palo Alto plans new bike bridge over 101
To Palo Alto's drivers, U.S. Highway 101 is a crucial -- if often patience-testing -- artery connecting the city to San Francisco and San Jose. But to local bicyclists, hikers and nature lovers the eight-lane highway is an impenetrable barrier separating them from the vistas and wildlife of the Palo Alto Baylands.[Friday, August 12, 2011]
Palo Alto officers honored for Zumot investigation
Two Palo Alto officers who used cell-phone records to help convict Bulos Zumot in the October 2009 murder of Jennifer Schipsi were recognized this week by a consortium of law enforcement and security professionals.[Wednesday, August 10, 2011]