July 26, 2024

		

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.


| Monday, July 8th, 2024

UC Santa Barbara cashes in with NCAA Regional

Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content

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| Monday, July 8th, 2024

The Nexstera big thing

Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

What started as a year-long senior project at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo could turn out to be a lifelong passion for Penny Lane Case and her fellow co-founders of Nexstera Tech. Nexstera, founded in 2022, is a startup with a lot of momentum.  The goal of the company is to help mitigate the risk of waste fires started Read More →

| Thursday, June 27th, 2024

Kate Farms embraces growth with move into new HQ

Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

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| Sunday, June 23rd, 2024

Commercial real estate legend Steve Hayes retires

Central Coast, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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| Sunday, June 23rd, 2024

California, Central Coast unemployment fall in May

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

For the third consecutive month, the unemployment rate on the Central Coast dipped dramatically from the previous month, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. Released June 21, the unemployment rate of the tri-counties was at 3.33% for May, down from 3.96% in April and 4.56% in March. All three Read More →

| Thursday, June 20th, 2024

Biotech firms turn to AI for more efficiency

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, middle

Artificial intelligence has been the key discussion in the technology space for the past few years — mainly focusing on how it can help optimize software-as-a-service firms across various industries from finance to real estate. But one of the key things AI does so well is its ability to automate repetitive tasks, process large datasets Read More →

| Thursday, June 20th, 2024

Atara engineers reverse stock split to stay on the Nasdaq

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies

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