October 14, 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, November 2nd, 2023

Amgen beats Q3 expectations, discusses Horizon purchase

Central Coast, Earnings, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has a lot on the horizon as it nears the end of fiscal year 2023, with the company yet again beating analysts’ expectations, this time in the third quarter, and beginning the onboarding process of its latest acquisition. Amgen delivered sales worth $6.9 billion in the third quarter of 2023, up 4% Read More →

| Thursday, November 2nd, 2023

Paso Robles vineyard sold for $1B 

Agribusiness, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture

Daou Vineyards, located in Paso Robles, is now a part of one of the largest deals in the region in 2023 after announcing that it would be sold to an Australian wine estate for as much as $1 billion. Owned by Georges and Daniel Daou, the vineyard was sold to Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates, one Read More →

| Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Gills Onions recalls products after salmonella outbreak

Agribusiness, Latest news, left, Tri-County Economy

Oxnard-based Gills Onions has voluntarily recalled its branded fresh diced onions products out of an “abundance of caution” due to a salmonella outbreak that has left more than a dozen hospitalized, according to the U.S. Food and Agriculture department on Oct. 24. The outbreak of salmonella is linked to bagged, precut onions that has sickened Read More →

| Thursday, October 26th, 2023

SDRI, MannKind partner on inhaled insulin trial

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Fresh trim: Olaplex CEO steps down amid brand, stock struggles

Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Community West, Central Valley Banks are “better together”

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

About 18 months ago, Marty Plourd, CEO of Community West Bank at the time met James Kim, CEO of Central Valley Community Bank, and after a successful first meeting, the two kept in touch, building “a bond of trust.” On Oct. 10, that bond of trust came full circle when it was announced that Goleta-based Read More →

| Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

Teledyne announces third quarter results, C-Suite changes

Central Coast, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

It was another quarter of growth for Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne, with sales and earnings both increasing — but the biggest news announced by the technology and defense conglomerate was actually a change in the C-Suite. Robert Mehrabian, the longtime Teledyne executive, will be stepping down from his post as CEO on Jan. 1 and moving into Read More →