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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
Police auditor sees its caseload swell as Palo Alto calls for more oversight
Armed with a broader scope, Palo Alto's police auditor is preparing to release its reviews of 16 different incidents involving complaints against local officers, including four that involved force.[Tuesday, September 14, 2021]
Diners to give way to drivers on University Avenue
Palo Alto's bold experiment with car-free downtown promenades will start to wind down next month, after the City Council agreed late Monday to reopen University Avenue to vehicle traffic on Oct. 15.[Tuesday, September 14, 2021]
'Together Again': Palo Alto celebrates resilience with week of events
To celebrate community resilience during the pandemic, Palo Alto will kick off this Friday a week of more than 20 events -- including sports, arts, musical performances and a run through the Baylands.[Friday, September 10, 2021]
Stevenson House drops appeal of church's safe parking program
A proposal by Unitarian Universalist Church to host a safe parking program for unhoused vehicle dwellers received a boost Wednesday, when Stevenson House dropped its appeal of the church's application.[Thursday, September 9, 2021]
Palo Alto to consider phasing out commercial tenants in Ventura
When Fry's Electronics officially closed its Palo Alto location in December 2019, it left behind both a giant vacancy and a thorny zoning dilemma that city leaders will try to resolve on Monday night.[Thursday, September 9, 2021]
Palo Alto's big dilemma: Should cars return to University and California avenues?
If things go as planned, the experiment with closing University and California avenues to cars will conclude at the end of the month. Despite this, fans of the new normal have some reasons to feel hopeful.[Thursday, September 9, 2021]
City looks for help in fighting economic slump
With tax revenues plunging and businesses struggling to stay afloat, Palo Alto's elected leaders agree that they will need plenty of help to reverse the trend and restore prosperity.[Wednesday, September 8, 2021]
'Together Again': Palo Alto celebrates resilience with week of events
To celebrate community resilience during the pandemic, Palo Alto will kick off this Friday a week of more than 20 events -- including sports, arts, musical performances and a run through the Baylands.[Tuesday, September 7, 2021]
Assembly vote boosts police decertification bill
A bill that creates a process for decertifying police officers who have committed serious misconduct advanced in the state Assembly on Friday morning after lawmakers agreed to revise some of its most contentious provisions.[Friday, September 3, 2021]
Palo Alto adopts COVID vaccine mandate for city workers
Palo Alto this week became the latest municipality to require COVID-19 vaccination for city employees, according to a Thursday announcement from City Manager Ed Shikada's office.[Thursday, September 2, 2021]