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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 delays new contract for rail redesign
The city has yet to begin reconstruction work on its four rail crossings, but it has already spent close to $3 million on consultants to figure out what exactly the work should entail.[Monday, February 28, 2022]
Bay Area legislators back sanctions on Russia after Ukraine invasion
With the Russian Federation launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rep. Anna Eshoo denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and backed sanctions announced by the U.S. and its allies.[Thursday, February 24, 2022]
Police: Crescent Park home targeted by burglars for a second time
Palo Alto police are looking for a person who broke into a home in the city's Crescent Park neighborhood on Tuesday night in what appears to be the second burglary of the residence since November.[Thursday, February 24, 2022]
Commission backs plans to add 6,000 residences
Palo Alto's ambitious plan to add new dwellings by 2031 leans heavily on transit corridors, industrial sites and new granny units. On Wednesday, the planning commission voted to back the strategies.[Thursday, February 24, 2022]
State orders Palo Alto to revise its rules on accessory dwelling units
Palo Alto will have to revise its new laws pertaining to accessory dwelling units after the California Department of Housing and Community Development determined that they are too restrictive.[Wednesday, February 23, 2022]
Former Historic Resources Board chair skirted law for over a year before citation
Martin Bernstein, the former Historic Resources Board chair who failed to obtain permits for renovations to his historic home, began the project more than a year before the city discovered the violation, the Weekly has learned.[Wednesday, February 23, 2022]
Power restored to more than 4,500 customers impacted by outage
More than 4,500 customers in Palo Alto lost power for about an hour on Friday afternoon in an outage that began shortly after 2 p.m. and that was caused by a Mylar balloon hitting power lines, according to the city.[Friday, February 18, 2022]
Berman bill would limit cities' ability to tack on fees to housing developments
Cities will no longer be able to tack on impact fees to housing units that developers produce through California's density-bonus program under legislation proposed by state Assembly member Marc Berman.[Thursday, February 17, 2022]
Despite signs of promise, Palo Alto's newest housing tool fails to deliver
When Palo Alto created the "planned home" zoning designation in 2020, city leaders hoped it would spark a wave of new housing, but the zoning tool has so far failed to deliver any new projects.[Thursday, February 17, 2022]
Former Historic Resources Board chair faces city scrutiny over home remodel
Palo Alto architect Martin Bernstein found himself in an unusual position last month when the city informed him that he was violating city code pertaining to work he was performing on his home.[Wednesday, February 16, 2022]