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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
Caltrain plans for 4-track segments complicate Palo Alto's effort to redesign rail crossings
California's high-speed rail system may be more than a decade away from completion, but the beleaguered project is casting a growing shadow over Palo Alto's plans to separate its streets from its rail tracks.[Friday, November 24, 2023]
Retired Palo Alto police sergeant pleads guilty after video captured violent arrest
A Palo Alto police officer who slammed a man into a car windshield during a 2018 arrest at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park pleaded guilty to the assault on Nov. 21.[Tuesday, November 21, 2023]
Towering apartment buildings, one 17 stories tall, proposed in Palo Alto
A developer who owns a property next to the California Avenue Caltrain station is advancing one of the most ambitious projects in Palo Alto's recent history: three towering buildings with 382 residences on the site of Mollie Stone's.[Tuesday, November 21, 2023]
Frances Dias, Palo Alto's first female mayor, dies at 100
Frances Dias, who served as Palo Alto's first female mayor during one the city's most politically turbulent periods, died on Nov. 9, according to her family. She was 100.[Wednesday, November 22, 2023]
Despite past allegations of wage theft, Palo Alto inks new deal with janitorial contractor
A janitorial company that last year faced accusations of wage theft from its employees, prompting Palo Alto to firm up its labor standards, secured this month a new five-year deal to clean up local parks, garages and public buildings.[Monday, November 20, 2023]
Palo Alto's new rental registry may exclude smaller properties
As Palo Alto prepares to adopt a rental registry to track vacancies, rent hikes and property turnover, one type of development will likely be excluded from the tally, at least initially: single-family homes.[Friday, November 17, 2023]
Citing financial challenges, Palo Alto offers developers more time to get permits for housing projects
Seeking to ensure that recently approved housing projects actually get built, Palo Alto is preparing to give developers more time to secure financing and finalize building plans before their planning permits expire.[Wednesday, November 15, 2023]
Convicted of murder in 2011, former Palo Alto hookah shop owner set for February retrial
Bulos Zumot, a former Palo Alto hookah shop owner who was convicted in 2011 of murdering his girlfriend and setting their shared Palo Alto cottage on fire, is heading for a new trial in February.[Wednesday, November 15, 2023]
Downtown developer seeks more than $1M in refunds in parking-fee dispute
A dispute between Palo Alto and downtown developer Charles "Chop" Keenan over parking fees will return to court in January, when a judge considers his request for a refund of more than $1 million.[Wednesday, November 15, 2023]
To add housing, Palo Alto is leaving historic height limit behind
As part of a push for more housing, Palo Alto on Monday relaxed height, density and parking rules in several sections of the city. One casualty of the change? The city's 50-foot height limit, which has long been seen as sacrosanct.[Tuesday, November 14, 2023]