October 10, 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.


| Wednesday, August 27th, 2025

Semtech shares up after company beats Q2 estimates

Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, August 27th, 2025

CRE: Bombardier chooses Moorpark for manufacturing facility

Central Coast, Latest news, left, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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| Wednesday, August 27th, 2025

Freedom Designs to shut down Simi location, lay off 70 employees

East Ventura County, Latest news, middle

Freedom Designs, a medical supply store with a location in Simi Valley, will be shuttering its doors by June 1, 2026. In a filing with the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, Freedom Designs said it will be closing its operation at 2241 Madera Rd. on or around June 2026 and laying off 70 employees Read More →

| Monday, August 25th, 2025

MannKind expands pipeline with $350M acquisition

East Ventura County, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies

Westlake Village-based MannKind Corporation is expanding its pipeline by acquiring scPharmaceuticals, a Massachusetts-based biotech company that specializes in cardiorenal medicine, for $360 million, or $5.35 per share. Announced before the markets opened Aug. 25, MannKind shares ticked up about 1% in pre-market trading. Shares ultimately settled at $3.90 on Aug. 25, about 3.1% down. Shares Read More →

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 →