April 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.


| Friday, June 30th, 2023

No baggage left behind: Avi.AI helps cut down on luggage loss in aviation

Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

Vivek Adarsh’s inspiration to start his company just a couple of years ago, Avi.AI, is a story that will resonate with almost anyone whose been on an airplane before. While completing work for his Ph.D. program at UCSB in 2019, Adarsh was traveling to Amsterdam for an academic conference where he was to present in Read More →

| Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

Inogen co-founder lands CEO job at Next Energy

Energy, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

Brenton Taylor, a co-founder and former executive at Goleta-based Inogen, will be taking over as the new CEO of Next Energy Technologies effective immediately, the company announced on June 28. Taylor will be succeeding Daniel Emmett, who is staying with the company, moving into a ​​newly-created position as Executive Chairman, supporting Taylor’s transition and the Read More →

| Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

SLO Aiport connects growing business scene to the world

Central Coast, Latest news, Regions, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

San Luis Obispo’s airport being able to offer direct flights to Vegas is a huge bump for tourism, but it’s an even bigger boost for the business community across the county and another opportunity to show the world how much that business scene has changed over the years. On June 15, Alaska Airlines announced it Read More →

| Wednesday, June 21st, 2023

Unemployment rate holds steady across the tri-counties in May

Latest news, left, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

The unemployment rate along the Central Coast remained largely unchanged in May from April, as combined the tri-counties had the same unemployment rate of 3.4%, according to the data released on June 16 from the California Employment Development Department.  Ventura County had the highest unemployment rate at 3.7% in May, which is actually up from Read More →

| Monday, June 19th, 2023

UCSB teams with leading-online college to make degrees more accessible

Education, Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County

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| Friday, June 16th, 2023

Ag stocks remain optimistic despite economic headwinds

Agribusiness, Central Coast, Earnings, Latest news, left, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Thursday, June 15th, 2023

Our view: New Reagan Center aims to elevate political discourse

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

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