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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
State effort to decertify officers picks up political momentum
California legislators are advancing a bill that would permanently strip badges from police officers found guilty of serious misconduct.[Friday, August 20, 2021]
Apartment building eyed for The Fish Market site
The building on El Camino Real could be replaced with a five-story building with 129 apartments and ground-floor retail under a proposal submitted by Acclaim Companies.[Wednesday, August 18, 2021]
Flag project recalls Japanese internment camps, one signature at a time
For Mountain View's Yoshiki Oshima, the memories remain fresh 80 years later: The FBI taking away his father, a farmer who was involved in the local church and Japanese community, and the forced evacuation of his family to Tule Lake.[Tuesday, August 17, 2021]
Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale strike deal over rail funds
In a move that they hope will boost their efforts to redesign Caltrain rail crossings, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale have struck a deal for splitting the $700 million that they are entitled to under Measure B.[Wednesday, August 11, 2021]
As housing bills advance in Sacramento, critics and advocates amplify the debate
After a series of crushing defeats in the 2020 legislative session, housing advocates in Sacramento are hoping for better luck next month, when lawmakers return from their summer recess and take on dozens of pending housing bills.[Friday, July 23, 2021]
As housing bills advance in Sacramento, critics and advocates amplify the debate
After a series of crushing defeats in the 2020 legislative session, housing advocates in Sacramento are hoping for better luck next month, when lawmakers return from their summer recess and take on dozens of pending housing bills.[Wednesday, July 21, 2021]
Cities make the case for a 'bicycle superhighway'
Few roads better epitomize the frustrations and hopes of local bicycle advocates than El Camino Real, a hazardous route that some see as the ideal setting for a bicycle superhighway.[Saturday, July 10, 2021]
CinéArts, a haven for local cinephiles, permanently shutters
CinéArts at Palo Alto Square, a movie theater that for decades has been a popular destination for local film lovers, will not be reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic, the theater's parent company has confirmed.[Tuesday, June 29, 2021]
New plan would reopen University Avenue to traffic in July
The experiment with a car-free University Avenue may come to an abrupt end next month, with the city proposing to reopen the street to cars on July 6 and to follow suit on California Avenue on Sept. 7.[Saturday, June 5, 2021]
Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto and Santa Clara County join forces as wildfire threat looms
With another dangerous wildfire season on the horizon, Palo Alto fire is teaming up with Santa Clara County fire and Los Altos Hills to fully staff its foothills fire station until the end of October.[Thursday, June 3, 2021]