September 5, 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.


Henry Dubroff

| Friday, August 22nd, 2025

Dubroff: Market signals ‘pay attention’ as we head into autumn

Columns, Economy, Latest news

As someone who follows the markets carefully, I’ve been surprised at the relative calm over the past couple of weeks. Markets are notoriously hard to predict, and forecasting how this period of relative stability ends is particularly difficult. Will there be a deal for Ukraine that puts Europe on a faster track and gives Russia Read More →

| Friday, August 22nd, 2025

Street smarts: Pete Parker joins the Ventura College Foundation 

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

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| Friday, August 22nd, 2025

Our view: Coastal Commission hurts Central Coast future as space hub

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

When the California Coastal Commission voted 11-0 against a proposal to double the number of SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, it knew its actions were useless and subject to a U.S. Department of the Air Force override. And that’s exactly what will happen. The Commission’s logic was that SpaceX is a Read More →

| Thursday, August 21st, 2025

Atara shares up behind slew of good news, earnings

East Ventura County, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology

Shares of Thousand Oaks-based Atara were seemingly in free-fall mode for much of the year, but over the past month, the company has racked up the wins and analysts and investors are taking note. Most recently, Atara, a biotechnology company with two facilities in Thousand Oaks, announced its earnings results for the second quarter of Read More →

| Thursday, August 21st, 2025

Sonos shares tick up behind optimism

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

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| Wednesday, August 20th, 2025

UCSB physics professor recognized for prestigious Dirac Medal

Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County

Gary Horowitz, who joined UC Santa Barbara’s faculty in 1983 and has served as a distinguished professor since 2005 in the Department of Physics, is one of four professors who were recognized with the 2025 Dirac Medal, conferred by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. The Dirac Medal, named for Nobel laureate Paul Dirac and Read More →

| Tuesday, August 19th, 2025

ATSU signs new lease to open campus in San Luis Obispo

Higher Education, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences has signed a lease for a campus in San Luis Obispo. Announced Aug. 14, the new campus will be located at 651 Tank Farm Road, the campus includes a 65,000-square-foot building and a parking structure for 400 vehicles. San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody previously leased the facility. “The University will Read More →