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.


New managers of the Paseo Nuevo mall in downtown Santa Barbara plan to add new tenants and make renovations. (Alex Kacik)

| Tuesday, January 28th, 2025

CRE: Radius takes over Paseo Nuevo retail leasing; Pacifica will transition to a one-campus institute

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, middle, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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| Monday, January 27th, 2025

Santa Barbara’s unemployment rate rises to 4.5% in December 

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

Two of the three counties on the Central Coast saw their unemployment rates continue to fall in December with the only exception being Santa Barbara County, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. Released on Jan. 24, the unemployment rate for Santa Barbara County was at 4.5% for the month of December, up 0.2% Read More →

| Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

The Trade Desk makes second acquisition

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

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| Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

Sutter Health enters into strategic partnership

Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Subscriber content

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| Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

CRE: UCSB buys downtown property to help house workforce 

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| Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

Dragon Q Energy sends help to power up Malibu

Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Technology

In response to the Los Angeles Wildfires that have ravaged the county, such as the Palisades Fire which has left thousands of homes and businesses destroyed and many more without electricity and internet connectivity, Dragon Q Energy is stepping up to the challenge. The Santa Barbara-based company that specializes in battery technology deployed its PowerPole technology to Read More →

| Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

Santa Barbara News-Press gets new life under Arizona nonprofit

Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content

It has been a year and a half since the Santa Barbara News Press, the former longest running daily newspaper in Southern California, shuttered its doors — but the media outlet might have new life in 2025. Ben Romo, a principal at Romo & Associates in Santa Barbara, spearheaded a group dubbed NP 2024 LLC, which bid $285,000 Read More →