July 4, 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.


| Tuesday, April 27th, 2021

Amgen stock tumbles after earnings report

Banking & Finance, Earnings, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, middle, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Editor’s note: This article was updated at 8:35 a.m. on April 28 with up-to-date information on Amgen’s stock price. Amgen’s shares fell nearly 8% following the company’s April 27 release of its first quarter 2021 earnings, which saw a decline in both revenue and net income compared to a year earlier. Amgen is headquartered in Read More →

| Friday, April 23rd, 2021

Santa Barbara County cannabis company to go public in $567M merger

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Latest news, South Coast, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, April 23rd, 2021

Evidation Health closes funding round with $1B valuation

Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, April 23rd, 2021

SLO Brewing incubates its first successful spin-off beer

Central Coast, Latest news, middle, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, April 23rd, 2021

Small speaker is a big move for Sonos

Banking & Finance, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

The newest speaker from Sonos, Roam, made its debut April 20 and has the potential to help the Santa Barbara smart-speaker company grow in 2021 and beyond. Roam is Sonos’ first attempt into breaking into the portable Bluetooth speaker market, a market that is expected to see an annual growth rate of 11.71% from 2019 Read More →

| Monday, April 19th, 2021

‘A flawless flight’ for AeroVironment’s Mars drone

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Ingenuity, a helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, made history early in the morning of April 19, becoming the first man-made aircraft to fly on another planet, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “Goosebumps,” MiMi Aung, NASA’s project manager for Ingenuity, said during a press conference while looking at a video of Read More →

| Friday, April 16th, 2021

AeroVironment’s drone still grounded on Mars

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Ingenuity, the helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, has had its first experimental flight on Mars delayed after an error sequence during testing, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ingenuity, which landed on Mars on the Perseverance rover in February, was scheduled for its first takeoff on April 11. NASA first rescheduled Read More →