Shwanika Narayan

@Shwanika

Business reporter , covering retail and logistics. Champion of the interrobang. Tips?! DM's open.

San Francisco, CA
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Joined September 2012
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    Jun 13

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    ⚡️🚨 Some outages have started in the last couple hours. Check out the map to see where the lights have gone out and search your own address >>>

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    13 hours ago

    Wow. Entire towns of , and under mandatory evacuation. If you live there, check on your elderly and infirmed neighbors and then evacuate

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    Oct 25

    Another victim of e-commerce? Barneys to lay off 121 workers in SF and close its store in Union Square; 384 will lose their jobs across California, reports:

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    Oct 24

    🔥 Resources for 🔥 Main fire story: Live updates: Statewide Fire Tracker: Kincade Fire Tracker: Need to Know Utility:

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    Oct 23

    Reporters were told that PG&E will restore power to everyone who loses it in the current round of outages within 48 hours — before the utility imposes a likely third round of blackouts on Saturday. Read more:

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    Oct 23

    Stripe, the second most valuable U.S. startup, is leaving San Francisco

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  8. Oct 23

    I can't wait for the day where I reach quantum supremacy as a writer.

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    Oct 23

    compare the fluency with which Zuckerberg invoked MLK, Frederick Douglass and Black Lives Matter with his obvious extreme discomfort being questioned by Black lawmakers on the actual details of civil rights compliance and institutions

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  10. Oct 23

    Clothing rentals are here for the recession-proof Indian wedding market. It still costs a pretty penny though. Via

    For the longest time, Indian wedding guests, brides, grooms and festival-goers have had to buy their apparel. One San Francisco company is changing that with rentals.
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    Oct 22

    Paying a founder $200m to leave the company they destroyed through entitlement and mismanagement is perhaps the craziest thing I’ve seen in this business — and I’ve seen everything.

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  12. Oct 22

    As the journalism industry struggles to find a truly viable business model, this is interesting: Coloradans proposing taxpayer support for local news

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  13. Oct 21

    This is from a training in June, 2018.

    At a leadership training for women at Ernst & Young, women were told their brains are smaller than men’s, not to be shrill and to avoid showing skin at work because “sexuality” scrambles the mind”
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    Oct 20

    “When you’re covering homelessness, the struggle and conflict are more sorrowful and searing than just about anything else” —Death, homelessness and despair, all part of the job ⁦⁩

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  15. Oct 20

    I spoke to about her company’s expansion plans — 600 salons in the next four years. In the age of stores retail closures everywhere, what does she plan to do differently? I break it down here:

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  16. Oct 18

    the nerve

    Sallie Mae flies more than 100 employees to Hawaii to celebrate $5 billion in sales while student debt crisis tops $1.6 trillion
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    Oct 17

    1986's Prop M is once again a battlefield over office growth. SF Mayor wants to increase capacity, while aims to reduce it if SF doesn't building enough affordable housing ( a near certainty). Voters may decide in March:

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    Oct 17

    Live tweeting this Mark Zuckerberg event on free speech since a student journalist just told me they are not allowed to ask questions. Plus they apparently collected q’s from students & are picking them rather than Mark getting unfiltered ones. So, sort of free speech

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  19. Oct 16

    Meanwhile, in neighboring Sonoma County, supervisors are approving cannabis farming permits on agricultural land that meets county rules.

    Some think wine and weed make an excellent pairing, but Napa County disagrees, reports:
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    Oct 16

    It's the second day in a row Facebook has taken action against violative ads after they were flagged by BuzzFeed News. Today uncovered a scam network that placed $50 mil of ads. Reporters should not be doing the work of a $500 bil company.

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    Oct 15

    Can athleisure seller Hill City beat Gap Inc’s denim blues? The new Gap Inc. venture is opening its first store in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley, reports:

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