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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
Palo Alto shortens Development Center hours
Palo Alto will reduce hours at its Development Center on Wednesdays while staff brainstorms ways to reform the city's notoriously cumbersome application process.
[Wednesday, December 1, 2010]
George W. Bush talks up new memoir at Facebook
George W. Bush defended his legacy, discussed the rise of China, gave props to Bono and urged the audience to buy his new book during a talk at Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto Monday afternoon.
[Tuesday, November 30, 2010]
Police arrest suspect in Crescent Park burglary
Palo Alto police arrested a homeless man who they said burglarized a house in the city's Crescent Park neighborhood late Sunday afternoon.
[Monday, November 29, 2010]
George W. Bush visits Facebook in Palo Alto
Former U.S. President George W. Bush marked Cyber Monday with an afternoon stop at Facebook's Palo Alto headquarters to discuss his new memoir, "Decision Points."
[Monday, November 29, 2010]
Palo Alto probes excessive tree pruning on California Avenue
California Avenue still has its trees, but this time it's the limbs that are missing. About 40 newly planted trees in Palo Alto's bustling arts district have been excessively pruned, the city has determined, with many lower branches completely removed. The pruning was conducted by a contractor who is responsible for landscape maintenance at California Avenue and various local parks, according to a statement from the city.
[Friday, November 26, 2010]
High-speed rail may debut in small Central Valley cities
California's proposed high-speed rail line, which state officials say will compete with airports and connect San Francisco to Los Angeles, will make its debut between the small Central Valley cities of Borden and Corcoran under the latest proposal from California High-Speed Rail Authority engineers.
[Friday, November 26, 2010]
Bike-loan program set to ride into Palo Alto
Palo Alto's residents and workers will soon be able to check out bicycles as easily as they borrow library books, thanks to a new bike-loan program that is scheduled to roll out along the Peninsula in the next two years.
[Wednesday, November 24, 2010]
Palo Alto tries for 'transparency' in new projects
Palo Alto's developers would be barred from submitting last-minute changes to their applications under new procedures and rules the City Council plans to adopt before the end of the year.
[Wednesday, November 24, 2010]
Palo Alto approves 'transit oriented' Birch Plaza
The latest development to win the green light in Palo Alto's bustling California Avenue Business District aims to meet two goals near and dear to the hearts of city leaders: boosting the city's housing stock and getting people out of their cars.
[Monday, November 22, 2010]
Palo Alto makes switch to LED street lights
Palo Alto's night owls will soon see their city in a different light -- a whitish glow, to be exact.
[Monday, November 22, 2010]