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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
With funding boost, plans advance for redevelopment of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park
For the second time in the past decade, the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park is facing the prospect of demolition. This time, however, the city and the community are embracing rather than fighting the redevelopment of the mobile home park.[Friday, December 22, 2023]
Police: Taco Bell employee robbed at gunpoint
A man with a handgun robbed a Taco Bell in south Palo Alto on Wednesday morning, police said in a release. He remains at large.[Thursday, December 21, 2023]
City forges compromise in prolonged dispute over Ellsworth Place home
Palo Alto settled one of its most complex and contentious land use disputes earlier this month when it granted a Midtown property owner its permission to build a home on a site that neighbors maintain was never meant for housing.[Thursday, December 21, 2023]
Year in review: 2023's fighting words
Five words -- universally benign but locally loaded -- fueled some of Palo Alto's largest debates of the year.[Wednesday, December 27, 2023]
Who will succeed Eshoo? Here are the candidates
When U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo announced on Nov. 21 that she would not seek another term, she sent ripples through Silicon Valley's political establishment. By Dec. 13, a dozen people filed paperwork to run in the March 5 primary.[Friday, December 22, 2023]
Restaurants blast plan to remove downtown parklets
As Palo Alto prepares to redesign University Avenue, downtown restaurants are rallying to protect a treasured asset that sustained them through the darkest days of the pandemic: their recently constructed parklets.[Tuesday, December 19, 2023]
To appease developer, Palo Alto looks to further loosen El Camino zoning rules
Weeks after Palo Alto adopted new zoning rules to allow taller and denser housing projects on a segment of El Camino Real, the city is preparing to loosen the standards even further tonight based on requests from an area developer.[Monday, December 18, 2023]
Power outage hits about 4,500 customers in Palo Alto
Thousands of utility customers in south Palo Alto lost power on Monday morning because of a faulty transformer. Power was restored by about 12:30 p.m., according to City of Palo Alto Utilities.[Monday, December 18, 2023]
Greg Tanaka joins crowded race to succeed Anna Eshoo in Congress
Palo Alto City Council member Greg Tanaka has joined the crowded race to succeed U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, who is set to leave Congress next year after three decades of representing Silicon Valley in Washington, D.C.[Friday, December 15, 2023]
Police: Reports of man with gun near Paly appear to be 'unfounded'
Palo Alto police investigated on Thursday morning reports of a man who was reportedly pointing a handgun at cars near Palo Alto High School. They did not find the man and later deemed the report 'unfounded.'[Thursday, December 14, 2023]