February 8, 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.


| Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

CRE: UCSB buys downtown property to help house workforce 

Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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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 →

| Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

Teledyne finishes fiscal year strong with record Q4

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

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| Friday, January 17th, 2025

WEV helps hundreds of tri-county small businesses thrive

Latest news, Nonprofits, Small Business, Startups, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

Entrepreneurship is on the rise here in the United States, as Americans are starting and running their own small businesses at record rates as part of a post-pandemic shift. According to the Center for American Progress, the number of startups — defined as businesses under 1 year old — surged in 2022 and 2023, surpassing pre-Great Recession levels for Read More →

| Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Calavo ends fiscal year strong, maintains focus on ‘core avocado business’

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

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| Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Small, mid-size businesses are optimistic about the economy

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

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