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 24th, 2025

Sonos elevates interim CEO to full-time gig

Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

Tri-county unemployment rate sees dramatic jump in June 

Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Latest news, left, Tri-County Economy

The unemployment rate on the Central Coast saw a dramatic shift year-over-year for the month of June, with the jobless rate going up in each of the tri-counties, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. Announced July 17, the unemployment rate for the Central Coast was at 4.83% for the Read More →

| Monday, July 21st, 2025

Jetstream fund gives professionals chance to be venture capitalists

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| Monday, July 21st, 2025

Dignity Health adds second surgical robot

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Friday, July 18th, 2025

Atara resubmits FDA bid for lead cancer treatment

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| Thursday, July 17th, 2025

UCSB names new chancellor

Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story

UC Santa Barbara named its sixth chancellor on July 17 when the university announced that Dr. Dennis Assanis has been approved by the UC Board of Regents to be UCSB’s next man in charge. Assanis, who is succeeding longtime Chancellor Henry Yang, will assume his new role on September 1. The UC Regents also approved Assanis’s Read More →

| Monday, July 14th, 2025

Ventura’s The Trade Desk joins S&P 500 index

Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Shares of The Trade Desk received a nice bump in after-hours trading on July 14 after it was announced that the ad-tech company would be joining the S&P 500 beginning on July 18. The Trade Desk, which first went public in 2016, saw shares close at $75.43 on July 14 and then saw those same Read More →