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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 shifts to domestic markets for recycled goods
Palo Alto takes pride in its record on recycling, but the city's recent efforts to track materials that get shipped out to Asia have been a glaring failure. Now, the city is finding solutions in the domestic market.[Wednesday, May 25, 2022]
Palo Alto looks to scale back Castilleja's growth plan
The City Council moved Monday to curtail Castilleja School's proposal to rebuild its campus and raise student enrollment, with most members indicating that they favor a more modest growth plan.[Tuesday, May 24, 2022]
Senate bill to limit police encryption scores another victory
State Sen. Josh Becker's proposal to require police departments to find alternatives to radio encryption took another major step forward Thursday when the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to advance the bill.[Friday, May 20, 2022]
City reaches settlement with victim of violent arrest outside Happy Donuts
Palo Alto reached a settlement on Wednesday with Julio Arevalo, who suffered a facial bone fracture at the hands of a city police officer during an arrest outside Happy Donuts in July 2019.[Thursday, May 19, 2022]
Is Palo Alto ready for campaign finance reform?
Everyone agrees that there's too much money in Palo Alto politics, even those who benefit the most from this trend. As advocates push to limit campaign spending, they face resistance from city leaders.[Thursday, May 19, 2022]
Palo Alto looks to restore positions in police and fire departments
After two years of attrition, the Palo Alto City Council is preparing to boost spending in the city's police and fire departments and restore positions that were cut over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.[Wednesday, May 18, 2022]
As City Council prepares for decision, Castilleja plan continues to polarize
As the City Council prepares to rule on the school's contentious proposal to rebuild its campus and raise student enrollment, both sides are raising fresh concerns about the prolonged approval process.[Tuesday, May 17, 2022]
Planned bike lane on Cal. Ave. hits dead end
While California Avenue will remain a pedestrian promenade for the foreseeable future, city officials narrowly rejected on Monday a proposal to create a dedicated bike lane in the middle of the commercial street.[Tuesday, May 17, 2022]
Alison Cormack will not seek second term on Palo Alto City Council
Alison Cormack, who was elected to the City Council in 2018 and who has been a vocal advocate for building more housing and redeveloping Cubberley Community Center, said Friday that she will not seek a second term.[Friday, May 13, 2022]
Who will succeed Jackie Speier? The race is on in the newly redrawn District 15
The race to fill the Congressional District 15 seat will be the Peninsula's most competitive in a generation, thanks to Rep. Jackie Speier's retirement. Meet the four candidates in the June 7 primary.[Friday, May 13, 2022]