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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
New state laws add urgency, complexity to Palo Alto's housing vision
As Palo Alto launches its high-stakes effort to develop a housing vision, city leaders are facing increasing pressure to relax zoning rules and significantly boost residential construction.[Thursday, May 6, 2021]
Planned admission fees for new Junior Museum and Zoo draw opposition
With Palo Alto's newly renovated Junior Museum and Zoo set to reopen this fall, supporters of the museum are raising fresh concerns about its least popular new feature: an $18 admission fee.[Thursday, May 6, 2021]
City's urban forester resigns to join Cal Fire
Walter Passmore, who nine years ago became Palo Alto's first urban forester, will leave his position at the end of the month to join the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.[Monday, May 3, 2021]
Facing another bleak budget season, City Council prepares to cut services
With the city still reeling from the economic wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Palo Alto's elected leaders launched on Monday the painful process of cutting the budget.[Tuesday, May 4, 2021]
Palo Alto settles suit, agrees to issue refunds to phone customers
Palo Alto will have to spend $1.275 million on refunds to phone customers and attorneys fees as part of a settlement that the city has reached with a resident who filed a lawsuit almost six years ago.[Monday, May 3, 2021]
Palo Alto plans further cuts to police, fire and community services
Even as the state slowly begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, City Manager Ed Shikada is preparing for a second year of budget cuts and service reductions.[Sunday, May 2, 2021]
New housing bills stir familiar opposition
After seeing his contentious housing legislation, Senate Bill 50, flounder at the finish line last year, state Sen. Scott Wiener is taking a more delicate approach with his latest proposal.[Thursday, April 29, 2021]
With federal funding, Palo Alto looks to revamp Alma and Churchill intersection
Palo Alto has big plans for the prominent intersection of Alma Street and Churchill Avenue, a multimodal mess that brings Alma drivers, Churchill bicyclists and Caltrain commuters together far too close for anyone's comfort.[Wednesday, April 28, 2021]
After several false starts, Palo Alto renews push to expand fiber utility
With more people than ever before relying on high-speed internet for work, school and entertainment, Palo Alto is preparing to resuscitate a project that has stifled generations of city leaders: expansion of the city's fiber network.[Wednesday, April 28, 2021]
Palo Alto drops tunnels from menu of rail options
As Palo Alto plods ahead in its journey to redesign three rail crossings, the City Council is facing a menu of imperfect options, each unappetizing in its own way.[Tuesday, April 27, 2021]