September 23, 2026

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Sunday, September 20th, 2026

Aeluma announces Q4 results, new partnership

Earnings, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Goleta-based Aeluma, a semiconductor company, announced its results for the fourth quarter on Sept. 16. Aeluma’s fourth-quarter revenue was $600,000, down from $1.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company also suffered a net loss of $4 million, or 22 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $900,000 in the Read More →

| Sunday, September 20th, 2026

Central Coast jobless rate continues rising

Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Latest news, left, Tri-County Economy

The Central Coast jobless rate is on the rise for the third consecutive month, jumping to 4.76% in August from 4.56% in July, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released Sept. 19. All three counties saw their unemployment rate increase in July.  Ventura County’s rate was the highest, jumping to 5%, up Read More →

| Friday, September 18th, 2026

Ag roundup: Mission sales up; Limoneira focuses on non-ag activity

Agribusiness, Earnings, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Friday, September 18th, 2026

AeroVironment piles on wins with latest earnings

Earnings, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

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| Friday, September 18th, 2026

Behavioral wellness begins with support

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content

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| Friday, September 11th, 2026

Carpinteria coalition study finds ICE has hurt business, workforce

Economy, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

Businesses throughout the Central Coast, especially in Carpinteria, continue to feel the negative economic impacts of the ongoing presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout the region. A recent study from the Carpinteria Immigrant Rights Coalition, a nonprofit bilingual organization founded in the spring of 2025, published the results of a survey of local businesses, Read More →

| Friday, September 11th, 2026

Latigo reports first earnings since going public, highlights successful IPO

Earnings, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

In its first earnings report since going public, Latigo Biotherapeutics highlighted the success of its upsized initial public offering, including full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, raising gross proceeds of $397.4 million. Based in Thousand Oaks, Latigo Biotherapeutics is a pre-revenue, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative non-opioid pain medicines. Read More →