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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
Eshoo: Government shutdown an 'embarrassment'
The federal government went into shutdown mode early Saturday morning after the U.S. Senate failed to get the needed 60 votes for a bill to keep the government running on a short-term basis.[Saturday, January 20, 2018]
Developer Harold Hohbach of Atherton dies at 96
Harold Hohbach, a patent attorney and developer whose mixed-use projects and whimsical art helped transform the area around Palo Alto's California Avenue, died on Dec. 28 at his home in Atherton. He was 96.[Friday, January 5, 2018]
Stanford expansion comment period extended
Responding to requests from Palo Alto and Menlo Park, Santa Clara County planners have agreed to give the public 60 more days to comment on the environmental analysis of Stanford University’s 2018 General Use Permit application.[Friday, December 1, 2017]
Menlo Park, Palo Alto seek more time to vet Stanford's proposed expansion
As the comment period on Stanford's proposed expansion winds down, two cities are calling on Santa Clara County to extend its deadline to evaluate potential impacts.[Thursday, November 30, 2017]
Gov. Brown signs off on Caltrain's sales-tax measure
The approval of Senate Bill 797 will allow Caltrain to move ahead with a sales-tax increase proposal.[Wednesday, October 11, 2017]
Fallen branch injures three at Menlo College picnic
A large tree branch collapsed on a group of people during a company picnic at Menlo College in Atherton on Saturday afternoon, injuring three and sending two to the hospital for treatment, according to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.[Monday, August 7, 2017]
Stanford's proposed expansion raises anxieties over traffic
As Stanford University prepares for its next phase of campus expansion, officials are confronting a daunting question: How do you add more than 2 million square feet of development without also adding traffic?[Tuesday, February 28, 2017]
Report: Healthy job growth leads to housing shortages, traffic woes
The 2017 Silicon Valley Index shows that the area's economy, despite a slight slowdown from 2015, continues to chug along and serve as a magnet for people from all over the world.[Wednesday, February 22, 2017]
Middlefield Road lane reduction moves ahead
Residents along Middlefield Road in north Palo Alto are well accustomed to extreme conditions, whether it's severe traffic jams during commute hours or cars that speed past their homes and, every now and then, end up in their yards or front lawns. On Monday, the City Council approved a road redesign aimed at calming things down.[Tuesday, January 24, 2017]
Menlo Park meeting Wednesday on flood-control project
The agency charged with improving flood protection around San Francisquito Creek is preparing for its next ambitious project and the public is invited to weigh in.[Saturday, January 14, 2017]