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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
Ventura neighborhood's growth plans prompt calls for more parks
Ventura is, in many ways, Palo Alto's fastest changing neighborhood. But there's one area in which the community has fallen behind: parks.[Friday, September 3, 2021]
Changes for busy Palo Alto intersection just down the road
In a bid to improve traffic flow at a key Stanford Research Park intersection, Santa Clara County is moving ahead with a series of improvements on Page Mill Road and Hanover Street.[Wednesday, September 1, 2021]
Downtown, El Camino feel the brunt of Palo Alto's economic pain
While just about every community in Santa Clara County suffered economic setbacks during the pandemic, the pain has been particularly acute in Palo Alto, which saw a precipitous decline in sales tax revenues, according to a new report.[Thursday, September 2, 2021]
In fight against homelessness, Palo Alto turns to police officers
Spurred by complaints from downtown business leaders and property owners, Palo Alto is preparing to expand the Police Department's role in addressing homelessness.[Tuesday, August 31, 2021]
As fire danger increases, emergency responders keep watchful eye on the foothills
With wildfire threats growing, Palo Alto is looking to shut down barbecue pits in the foothills, accelerate its efforts to trim flammable vegetation and become a "test bed" for new surveillance technologies.[Tuesday, August 31, 2021]
Bill to allow more density in single-family zones passes Assembly
A housing bill that would loosen up restrictions in single-family zones by allowing subdivisions for up to four dwellings cleared a critical hurdle on Thursday, when it was approved by the Assembly.[Thursday, August 26, 2021]
Locals contribute over $3.4M to fight Newsom recall
With the California recall election less than three weeks away, the campaign fighting the effort to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom has established a commanding lead in cash raised -- with local donors playing a major role.[Thursday, August 26, 2021]
New committee seeks to boost Palo Alto's climate-change efforts
It's been over five years since the City Council adopted an ambitious goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2030, and progress remains stubbornly slow. A new committee is charged with changing that.[Tuesday, August 24, 2021]
Plan for train viaduct hits dead end in Palo Alto
Faced with few good options for redesigning south Palo Alto's two rail crossings, the City Council agreed Monday to eliminate what it deemed to be the worst of the bunch: a train viaduct over Charleston Road and Meadow Drive.[Monday, August 23, 2021]
Housing bill that allows cities to increase density clears state Assembly
A state bill that would allow cities to override voter-enacted zoning restrictions to construct housing developments eked out a critical victory in the state Assembly on Monday afternoon.[Monday, August 23, 2021]