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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
Executive director of Cities Association threatens to sue member cities
Andrea Jordan, executive director of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County, has notified the association's 15 cities that she may sue them unless they pay her $441,000 to resolve claims of harassment and discrimination.[Thursday, April 14, 2022]
City banks on new tech to meet climate goals
Palo Alto faces a tough road ahead to meeting its climate change goals, but Mayor Pat Burt believes the city can still achieve its objective of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2030.[Thursday, April 14, 2022]
Palo Alto's downtown plan would focus on housing
Fueled by federal funds, the city is preparing to undertake a three-year planning process aimed at answering a critical question: What would it take to build more housing in the downtown area?[Thursday, April 14, 2022]
Audit finds flaws in Palo Alto's oversight of energy contracts
The city spends more than $60 million every year to fulfill its pledge of buying carbon-free electricity, but the city's oversight of these contracts has some room for improvement, a recent audit has found.[Wednesday, April 13, 2022]
City Council applies 35-foot height limit to 'transition zones'
The Palo Alto City Council on Monday revised the zoning code to lower the height limit for new nonresidential buildings within 150 feet of residential areas, even areas designated for higher density.[Tuesday, April 12, 2022]
Palo Alto's climate change goals may be out of reach
Despite making some recent gains on their climate change goals, Palo Alto officials confronted on Monday a harsh reality: their aim of reducing emissions by 80% by 2030 may hinge on technologies that don't yet exist.[Monday, April 11, 2022]
In 'State of the City' speech, Burt details city's emergence from pandemic
Mayor Pat Burt used his "State of the City" address on Saturday to paint a picture of a Palo Alto in transition, with the economy slowly reviving and efforts to meet climate change goals starting to accelerate.[Saturday, April 9, 2022]
Palo Alto's human resources director to retire in May
Human Resources Director Rumi Portillo plans to retire, City Manager Ed Shikada said in a new report Thursday. Sandra Blanch, the department's assistant director, will be promoted to the top job.[Friday, April 8, 2022]
LaDoris Cordell: Jackson has 'made the U.S. Supreme Court look more and more like America'
Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell said she was overjoyed when Ketanji Brown Jackson secured her historic elevation to the Supreme Court.[Thursday, April 7, 2022]
Midtown resident robbed at gunpoint after online meetup goes awry
A Midtown resident who invited a woman he met online into his home early Thursday morning was robbed at gunpoint minutes later by a man believed to be her accomplice, Palo Alto police said.[Thursday, April 7, 2022]