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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 slams Caltrain for poor public outreach
Palo Alto officials are calling for Caltrain to put the brakes on possible service cuts until stakeholders and members of the public have a chance to review the latest changes proposed by staff.[Monday, April 4, 2011]
Plan for wi-fi antennas slammed by residents
A proposal by AT&T to mount two wi-fi antennas on the balcony of Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto is facing resistance from Hotel residents, who are calling for the City Council to kill the project tonight (Monday).[Monday, April 4, 2011]
Palo Alto trash rates face years of hikes
Palo Alto residents could soon be asked to pay for recycling and see their garbage rates soar by nearly 80 percent in the coming years as part of the city's effort to bring fairness and stability to its trash-collection service.[Thursday, March 31, 2011]
Simitian's green-energy bill clears Legislature
A proposal by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, to require California utilities to obtain a greater share of their electricity from renewable sources is now one signature away from becoming the law of the land.[Tuesday, March 29, 2011]
Palo Alto OKs cell tower on Channing Avenue
A proposal to build a new 50-foot-tall cell tower and nine antennas at St. Albert the Great Church on Channing Avenue has received Palo Alto's approval despite opposition from area residents.[Tuesday, March 29, 2011]
New Children's Hospital design wins praise
After more than two years of public hearings and design tweaks, an ambitious proposal to renovate and expand the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital cleared a major hurdle last week when Palo Alto's Architectural Review Board enthusiastically backed the project.[Monday, March 28, 2011]
City manager seeks to change vague hiring policy
Ned Himmel, Rich Mallonee and Rob Braulik have little in common when it comes to professional responsibilities, but one wouldn't know it from looking at their job titles. All three are designated "management specialists" -- a catchall position that has become more common at City Hall over the past three years.[Friday, March 25, 2011]
Park 'undedication' heads to Palo Alto ballot
A proposal to "undedicate" a 10-acre parcel of parkland in Byxbee Park to enable the construction of a waste-to-energy plant is now officially in the hands of Palo Alto voters.[Thursday, March 24, 2011]
South Palo Alto housing proposal dealt a blow
A proposal to build 26 homes on the site of a soon-to-be-closed day care center in south Palo Alto suffered a possibly fatal setback Wednesday night when the city's Planning and Transportation Commission voted it down.[Wednesday, March 23, 2011]
New Palo Alto city attorney pledges 'transparency'
Palo Alto's new city attorney passed her first test Monday night -- she sat through a four-hour debate on composting technologies and emerged not just awake but downright impressed.[Tuesday, March 22, 2011]