August 1, 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.


| Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

LTC Properties reports first quarter earnings

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

Westlake Village-based LTC Properties, a real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and health care properties, announced operating results for the first quarter ended March 31. LTC generated revenues worth $49 million in the first quarter of 2025, down from $51.3 million in the first quarter of 2024, which the company attributed Read More →

| Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Mission Wealth receives investment from PE firm

Economy, Latest news, Personal Finance

Mission Wealth, a Santa Barbara financial planner firm celebrating its 25th year in business, announced it received a minority investment from private equity firm Great Hill Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Known for investing in high-growth companies, the partnership will help Mission Wealth’s client service offering and support the firm’s national expansion Read More →

| Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Amy Weaver officially steps into CEO role at Direct Relief

Latest news, middle, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County

Former Salesforce CFO Amy Weaver is officially launching the next stage of her career, taking over as CEO of Direct Relief. Though the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit announced Weaver’s hire a few months ago, she officially started in the role on May 5. Weaver joins Direct Relief from Salesforce, where she served since 2020 as President Read More →

| Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

FDA lifts clinical hold on Atara’s lead treatment

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

Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics received a bit of good news on May 5, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has lifted its hold on Atara’s active Investigational New Drug application for the Ebvallo program. Ebvallo, which is already approved in Europe and is used for transplant-related blood cancer, was placed on Read More →

| Monday, May 5th, 2025

805 Tech: Biotech Corridor Conference hits it out of the park for 3rd straight year

Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Monday, May 5th, 2025

CRE: HRL Laboratories opens new manufacturing plant in Camarillo

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

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| Monday, May 5th, 2025

Regional banks reshape the tri-county landscape

Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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