September 5, 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, July 31st, 2025

Camarillo facility to lay off 135 workers

East Ventura County, Top Stories, Top Story

Spiral Binding, a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of a diverse line of print finishing, graphic arts, and presentation products and services, is shuttering its operations in Camarillo and laying off 135 people in the process. In a filing with the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Spiral Binding said that the facility located Read More →

| Thursday, July 31st, 2025

Loan secured to help refinance Simi Valley retail center

East Ventura County, Latest news, middle, Real Estate, Subscriber content

The Civic Center Plaza retail center, a 145,000-square-foot property sitting on 11.5 acres, in Simi Valley has secured a $26.05 million loan to refinance its maturing debt. Secured by Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S., and announced July 31, the retail center offers nearly 1,000 parking spaces and is home Read More →

| Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

Atara shares up behind the FDA’s priority review of Ebvallo

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

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| Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

Deckers back on track after Q1 beat

Earnings, Latest news, Retailing, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Friday, July 25th, 2025

WEV launches program to support childcare providers 

Latest news, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

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| Thursday, July 24th, 2025

Teledyne delivers earnings beat in Q2

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

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| Thursday, July 24th, 2025

Innovation is key for UCSB’s new chancellor

Higher Education, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content

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