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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 declines to review Santa Clara County election
Santa Clara County's election will not be reviewed by the Secretary of State after all, despite public speculation about a county IT manager who quit the day before voters went to the polls and a request from the county for an independent evaluation.[Wednesday, November 12, 2014]
Plan to expand Palo Alto's shuttle program speeds ahead
Seeking to reduce car congestion, Palo Alto officials approved on Monday night a plan to dramatically expand the city's shuttle fleet and signaled that bolder changes might be around the corner.[Tuesday, October 28, 2014]
New direction proposed for Palo Alto's shuttle program
Palo Alto's tiny fleet of city-run shuttle buses may soon see a dramatic expansion, including a doubling of buses on the popular Crosstown route and a brand new service that would link the downtown Caltrain station with Mountain View businesses.[Saturday, October 25, 2014]
Palo Alto's popular muralist Greg Brown dies
Greg Brown, a Palo Alto muralist whose elaborate, realistic and often whimsical depictions of crooks, aliens, cunning animals and everyday people have been shocking and amusing local pedestrians for nearly four decades, died Friday after a brief battle with cancer. He was 62.[Wednesday, September 3, 2014]
County to resurface sections of Arastradero
Several sections of Arastradero Road near Palo Alto will be refurbished in the next month as part of a Santa Clara County road project that is set to launch Monday, Sept. 1.[Saturday, August 30, 2014]
County expands homeless programs while searching for new shelter
Faced with a shortage of beds to accommodate the county's homeless population this coming winter, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved $1.2 million for various programs targeting its neediest residents, including agreements with Palo Alto's busy but cash-strapped nonprofit, InnVision Shelter Network.[Wednesday, August 27, 2014]
County expands homeless programs while searching for new shelter
Faced with a shortage of beds to accommodate the county's homeless population this coming winter, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved $1.2 million for various programs targeting its neediest residents, including agreements with Palo Alto's busy but cash-strapped nonprofit, InnVision Shelter Network.[Tuesday, August 26, 2014]
Palo Alto's traffic, small-claims courts set to close
Faced with budget challenges, the Santa Clara County Superior Court announced Tuesday that it will be closing the small claims and traffic courts at the Palo Alto Courthouse in October.[Thursday, August 7, 2014]
Texas felon busted in Palo Alto after riding a motorcycle without helmet
A Texas man who was pulled over in Palo Alto for riding without a helmet was arrested after a brief foot chase late Sunday night after officers learned that he is a wanted felon in his home state.[Wednesday, April 2, 2014]
Caltrain plan would fell trees, add substations
A new report analyzing the environmental impacts of electrifying the Caltrain rail line indicates that the benefits of cleaner, faster trains will come at a cost beyond the project's $1.5 billion price tag.[Friday, February 28, 2014]