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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
Simitian's green-energy bill becomes law
A proposal by state Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) to require California utilities to draw one third of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020 became state law Tuesday when it received Gov. Jerry Brown's signature.[Tuesday, April 12, 2011]
Palo Alto struggles to give voters reliable data
Palo Alto voters will be asked to wrestle with incomplete and possible contradictory data in November when they hit the voting booths to consider whether the city should be allowed to build a waste-to-energy plant on parkland in the Baylands.[Tuesday, April 12, 2011]
Palo Alto urged to hire emergency director
Palo Alto's neighborhood leaders and emergency-preparedness volunteers are urging the city to immediately hire a new director to lead the city's emergency operations and to prepare residents for a major disaster.[Monday, April 11, 2011]
Palo Alto's composting debate resumes tonight
Palo Alto's heated debate over the future of local composting will resume tonight (Monday) when the City Council is scheduled to consider the city's next step in identifying the most feasible option.[Monday, April 11, 2011]
Architectural board blasts proposed AT&T tower
AT&T's quest to plant cellular towers and Wi-Fi antennas in Palo Alto has proved taxing for company officials, city staff and concerned residents around the proposed sites. On Thursday, the company faced another setback when the city's Architectural Review Board panned the design of a cell tower the company plans to install on Channing Avenue.[Friday, April 8, 2011]
Report: Palo Alto needs new emergency director
Palo Alto should hire a director to oversee its emergency services, relocate its emergency-services headquarters and forge stronger relationships between city staff and the greater community, a consultant is recommending in a study released this week.[Friday, April 8, 2011]
Palo Alto officials bet city's growth on a thriving Caltrain
When developer Jim Baer approached Palo Alto's planning commissioners last month to pitch a glassy, new five-story "gateway" building at the intersection of Alma Street and Lytton Avenue, one theme dominated his presentation: location, location, location.[Friday, April 8, 2011]
Palo Alto seeks fairness in trash rates
Palo Alto may soon reduce its street-sweeping services, raise garbage rates and begin charging for recycling as part of its effort to stabilize its volatile refuse operation.[Wednesday, April 6, 2011]
Proposed massage law breeds tension in Palo Alto
A Palo Alto proposal to require massage parlors and spas to keep detailed logs of clients has hit a nerve among local massage therapists who claim the plan smacks of "Big Brother"-style intrusion.[Wednesday, April 6, 2011]
Wi-Fi antennas approved for downtown Palo Alto
A proposal by AT&T to install Wi-Fi antennas at Hotel President on University Avenue cleared its final hurdle Monday night despite fierce opposition from Hotel residents who said their privacy would be violated.[Monday, April 4, 2011]