June 16, 2025

		

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.


| Friday, February 14th, 2025

Street smarts: SeeAg hosts annual fundraiser for bus fares to field trip

Central Coast, Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

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| Thursday, February 13th, 2025

Founder, venture capital partner give advice on fundraising

Central Coast, Latest news, left, Startups, Technology, Tri-County Economy

While attending UC Santa Barbara, Kavitta Ghai and her co-founder, Jordan Long, were annoyed with the education system. With classrooms so large that getting the one-on-one necessary attention to learn the material is impossible, Ghai and Long wanted to change the system. So the two thought “What if we are the ones who solve the Read More →

| Thursday, February 13th, 2025

Cal Poly embraces modular building model 

Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

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| Monday, February 10th, 2025

Sierra Bank reports higher net income, loans and deposits in 2024

Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Earnings, Economy, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Sierra Bancorp, the parent company of Bank of the Sierra, announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2024 on Jan. 27, noting that consolidated net income was $10.4 million for the quarter, up from $6.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. This means diluted earnings per share of 72 cents per share Read More →

| Friday, February 7th, 2025

Mercado: Four takeaways from Reach’s annual conference

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Friday, February 7th, 2025

Deckers shares fall despite earnings strength

Central Coast, Earnings, Latest news, Retailing, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Friday, February 7th, 2025

Sonos’ Q1 earnings beat highlights progress for ailing audio company

Earnings, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies

It has been a turbulent start to the year for Santa Barbara-based Sonos with changes in its executive leadership team and a mass layoff. But maybe there are sunnier days on the horizon for the audio equipment manufacturer, as the company announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2025. For the quarter ended Dec. 28, Sonos Read More →