May 18, 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.


| Thursday, January 5th, 2023

Technology Forecast: Innovation will be the theme for 2023

Central Coast, Latest news, Regions, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

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| Thursday, January 5th, 2023

Capsida announces multi-year agreement with Eli Lilly subsidiary

Health Care & Life Science, left, Regions, Technology, Ventura County

Thousand Oaks-based Capsida Therapeutics has entered into a multi-year agreement with Prevail Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, to develop transformative genetic medicines for serious diseases, Capisda announced Jan. 4. As per the agreement, Capsida will receive $55 million in the form of an upfront payment and a commitment to participate Read More →

| Friday, December 23rd, 2022

Calavo shares down, but company’s optimism remains high for 2023

Agribusiness, Latest news, Regions, Ventura County

Shares of Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers faced another steep drop during the trading day Dec. 21, one day after the company’s fourth quarter and full-year earnings announcement. The company limped through the finish line in the fourth quarter, with both revenue and net income falling well below analysts’ expectations. It’s why Calavo’s stock fell as Read More →

| Friday, December 23rd, 2022

New firm wants to play ball at VC Fairgrounds

Latest news, Regions, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County

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| Friday, December 23rd, 2022

Celebrating three women who met their marks

Op/Eds, Opinion

By Dianne McKay Now that we know who will be filling leadership positions in many of our Ventura County agencies, I reflected on late Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez and how I felt the day of her celebration of life. I thought about her death as a pedestrian in an Oxnard crosswalk in August and Read More →

| Friday, December 23rd, 2022

O’Dowd’s fight against Tesla, Musk continues

Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology

Elon Musk has been making headlines, mostly at his expense, nearly every day since his $44 billion purchase of Twitter. But for Dan O’Dowd, Musk’s Tesla software is no laughing matter. It has been nearly a year since Dan O’Dowd took out his first full-page newspaper advertisement, highlighting his disdain for Tesla’s assisted-driving technology. But the Read More →

| Monday, December 19th, 2022

Atara receives first drug approval

Latest news, Regions, Technology, Ventura County

Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics announced on Dec. 19 that the European Commission has approved its drug, Ebvallo. Ebvallo, also known as tabelecleucel, has been Atara’s main product development in its pipeline since 2015. It is the first time Atara has received approval for one of its treatments. The drug is a monotherapy for the treatment Read More →