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Gennady Sheyner

Staff Writer, Palo Alto Weekly / PaloAltoOnline.com

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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
Plan to restore Baylands site as parkland divides environmentalists
A proposal to "rededicate" a 10-acre site near Byxbee Park as parkland has revived an old debate in Palo Alto's environmentalist community over what it means to truly support sustainability.
[Wednesday, October 26, 2022]

As parklets take over, restaurants and retailers clash over space
While Palo Alto's parklets are here to stay, the City Council adopted new rules that require restaurants to pay fees for the popular dining areas and to obtain neighbors' consent for parklets that extend past adjacent storefronts.
[Wednesday, October 26, 2022]

Residents, activists irked by evolving Ventura plan
As Palo Alto's plan to revitalize a section of the Ventura neighborhood enters its final phase, neighborhood residents and civic leaders are criticizing the latest proposal for straying too far from the city's original growth vision.
[Tuesday, October 25, 2022]

Another diesel spill triggers cleanup efforts at Palo Alto VA campus
Palo Alto fire officials assessed environmental damage this week after more than 50 gallons of diesel fuel spilled out a storage tank at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System last Friday.
[Thursday, October 20, 2022]

Palo Alto mulls license plate readers to combat theft
In a bid to combat retail thefts and brazen robberies, Palo Alto is preparing to turn to a tool that in the past has sparked concern from privacy advocates: automated license plate readers.
[Thursday, October 20, 2022]

With new building code, Palo Alto doubles down on electrification
Seeking to wean local residents and businesses off natural gas, Palo Alto adopted on Monday night an ambitious new building code that requires every new building to be "all-electric."
[Wednesday, October 19, 2022]

City Council pans housing proposal at Creekside Inn site
A developer's plan to build hundreds of apartments on the El Camino Real site currently occupied by Creekside Inn appeared doomed Monday night after the City Council deemed the project too big, too dense and too contentious.
[Monday, October 17, 2022]

Safe parking site offers refuge in one of the Bay Area's most expensive cities
While safe parking sites like the one near the Palo Alto Baylands allows residents to access services, finding a permanent home remains a steep challenge for residents and case workers.
[Friday, October 14, 2022]

Grand jury takes aim at political chicanery in ballot language
When voters cast their ballots for or against local measures, it's tempting to assume that they understand what's at stake. In reality, however, ballot questions are often confusing or misleading, a new grand jury report argues.
[Wednesday, October 12, 2022]

With little opposition, Palo Alto asks voters to approve business tax
When the Palo Alto City Council voted Monday to formally endorse Measure K, which would create a business tax, the most striking comments were the ones that weren't spoken.
[Wednesday, October 5, 2022]