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Gennady Sheyner

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As seen in: Palo Alto Weekly, Flipboard, EIN News, NewsBreak, Planetizen, The Almanac, Mountain View Voice, San José Spotlight, Pleasanton Weekly, Inferse, Danville San Ramon and
Covers:  Regional politics, housing, transportation, utilities, urban design, crime, breaking news.
Doesn't Cover: Pop music.
Editor @paloaltoweekly.

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Gennady Sheyner’s Biography

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I am the editor at Palo Alto Weekly. As a former staff writer, I have moderated election debates, appeared on numerous true crime shows and won more than 30 awards from the California News Publishers Associations for breaking news and investigative, enterprise, land use, business, political and technology reporting.

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Battle for the Sewer: East Palo Alto Sanitary District fights potential city takeover

Battle for the Sewer: East Palo Alto Sanitary District fights potential city takeover

East Palo Alto is in the midst of a bitter bureaucratic battle that city officials believe could determine th…

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Stanford alum details affair with 'celebrity' dean, who is now Palo Alto City Council member

Stanford alum details affair with 'celebrity' dean, who is now Palo Alto City Council member

Before Julie Lythcott-Haims became a best-selling author, a coveted speaker and a member of the Palo Alto Cit…

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A shelter divided

A shelter divided

As the Palo Alto City Council prepares to ink a new and more costly long-term contract with the nonprofit Pet…

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After employee's death, Palo Alto fights charges of safety violations

After employee's death, Palo Alto fights charges of safety violations

Electric lineman Donatus Okhomina Jr. was Palo Alto's first utility employee to die in the line of duty in mo…

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Battling bias in law enforcement: What data reveals about the Palo Alto police

Battling bias in law enforcement: What data reveals about the Palo Alto police

An analysis of the 962 stops of individuals by Palo Alto police officers during the first three months of thi…

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Redefining downtowns: How Peninsula cities have completely transformed their civic centers

Redefining downtowns: How Peninsula cities have completely transformed their civic centers

In this special report, journalist Gennady Sheyner takes a deep dive into Peninsula downtowns and how some ci…

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Police: Woman booked for Professorville burglary

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By Gennady Sheyner Verified
| Palo Alto Weekly Verified
A Palo Alto Police Department vehicle drives on Bryant Street outside the department’s headquarters on September 11, 2019. Photo by Veronica Weber. A Georgia woman was arrested in Palo Alto on Monday for burglarizing a home in the Professorville neighborhood and then trying to get into locked cars in Leland Manor, police said in a news release. The woman, 54, reportedly walked into a home on the 1100 block of Ramona Street and confronted the resident in the kitchen.
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Builder looks to replace Palo Alto motel with housing

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By Gennady Sheyner Verified
| San José Spotlight Verified
Taking advantage of a new housing law that went into effect last week, a developer is preparing to demolish the Coronet Motel on El Camino Real in Palo Alto and replace it with a six-story residential project. The San Francisco-based builder Bayhill Ventures just became the first developer in Palo Alto to take advantage of Senate Bill 79, a new law that relaxes height and density standards for projects in transit-friendly areas. The law went into effect on July 1.
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Obituaries: Local residents who died recently

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By Gennady Sheyner Verified
| Redwood City Pulse Verified
Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto David Luenberger, 88, of Stanford, who was born in Los Angeles, who received a master’s degree and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Sanford University, who conducted groundbreaking research in control theory, optimization, economics, information science and investment science, who was one of the co-founders of the university’s Department of Engineering-Economic Systems, who authored six books and was an honorary professor at several international...
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