April 25, 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.


| Sunday, October 2nd, 2022

Former InTouch CEO lays out future of telehealth

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Top Stories

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| Friday, September 30th, 2022

At CLU forum, employers are resigned to the new jobs reality

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| Friday, September 30th, 2022

In the region and the nation, women get a tiny share of venture capital dollars

Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Startups, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County, Women Inc.

When Haley Pavone, the founder of San Luis Obispo-based Pashion Footwear, pitches to investors, hoping to gain new capital to scale her already successful business, she usually has one obstacle: convincing men to see the same need in the market she sees. Pashion Footwear makes convertible heels — shoes with removable heels so they can Read More →

| Friday, September 23rd, 2022

Briq builds a software powerhouse in Santa Barbara

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| Thursday, September 22nd, 2022

Region’s farmers leave more land unfarmed as drought deepens

Agribusiness, Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County

Cilantro isn’t a huge moneymaker for Will Terry, the vice president at Terry Farms in Ventura County, but it is a quick crop that he can grow in the summer months and turn a small profit on. But, due to the ongoing drought exacerbated by limited groundwater allocation rights, growers like Terry have to make Read More →

| Monday, September 19th, 2022

Kate Farms closes $75M venture capital round as it prepares to open Goleta facility

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| Friday, September 16th, 2022

Amgen sees blockbuster potential in new cancer drug

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