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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 extends Summer Streets program until winter to promote outdoor dining
Seeking to provide a lifeline to businesses and further enhance the city's outdoor dining program, the City Council has agreed to keep University and California avenues closed to cars through Dec. 31.[Tuesday, August 11, 2020]
'Unattainable' or 'necessary'? Palo Alto City Council spars over new housing target
A state push to more than double Bay Area's housing production in the next eight years is stoking opposition, with some City Council members saying the new goals are unrealistic.[Tuesday, August 11, 2020]
Palo Alto mayor will not seek reelection to City Council
Mayor Adrian Fine, a housing advocate who has frequently clashed with his council colleagues on issues pertaining to growth, will not seek another council term.[Thursday, August 6, 2020]
Craving more outdoor dining, Palo Alto prepares to extend 'Summer Streets' to end of the year
Buoyed by rave reviews of the city's new outdoor dining scene, Palo Alto leaders are considering keeping California and University avenues closed to traffic until the end of the year and adding a car-free zone on Ramona Street.[Wednesday, August 5, 2020]
Caltrain gets a lifeline after counties strike compromise on tax measure
A three-way deal between supervisors in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties over presenting voters this fall with a tax measure to fund Caltrain operations offers the transit agency a lifeline after weeks of uncertainty.[Tuesday, August 4, 2020]
Palo Alto moves to expand access to 'residents-only' Foothills Park
Palo Alto's prolonged and polarizing debate over whether nonresidents should be allowed to visit Foothills Park moved toward a compromise on Monday, when the City Council agreed to expand access to the pristine and exclusive preserve.[Tuesday, August 4, 2020]
Palo Alto commission calls for more restrictions on use of force by police
Palo Alto's effort to discourage excessive force by police officers advanced on Wednesday night, when the city's Human Relations Commission recommended a series of revisions to Police Department policies.[Thursday, July 23, 2020]
Greg Tanaka, Palo Alto's leading fiscal hawk, seeks another four years on City Council
Greg Tanaka, a tech CEO who over the past four years has been a persistent critic of the City Council's budget decisions, announced Wednesday is seeking a second term.[Wednesday, July 22, 2020]
Santa Clara County will no longer seek death penalty, DA says
District Attorney Jeff Rosen said Wednesday that his office will no longer seek the death penalty, that it will form a new unit to investigate police misconduct and that it will work to eliminate cash bail.[Wednesday, July 22, 2020]
Black Lives Matter activist Raven Malone contends for City Council seat
Raven Malone, an engineer who wants to bring a community-led approach to policing in Palo Alto, has added her name to the City Council race.[Thursday, July 23, 2020]