June 16, 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 3rd, 2022

Inogen shares drop after company reports net loss

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County Public Companies

Shares of Goleta-based Inogen dropped 7.8% on Nov. 2, after the company reported earnings for the third quarter of 2022 with growing revenue but a net loss higher than last year’s. Inogen, a maker of portable oxygen containers, reported a net loss of $9.5 million, or 42 cents per share, down from a net income Read More →

| Thursday, November 3rd, 2022

More layoffs at Mindbody as tech firms downsize

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

For the second time in two and a half years, San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody has laid off a portion of its workforce, this time following a trend of technology companies across the country beginning to downsize. Mindbody, a cloud software company for the fitness industry, announced Oct. 26 that it would lay off an unspecified Read More →

| Tuesday, November 1st, 2022

Houweling sued over workers’ comp claims from Camarillo greenhouse

Agribusiness, Latest news, Law & Goverment, middle, Regions, Top Stories, Ventura County

The former owner of Houweling’s Tomatoes in Camarillo is being sued by the California Agricultural Network, which claims Casey Houweling and his company left the insurance network “holding the bag” for more than $3 million in workers’ compensation claims. In a suit filed Oct. 19 in Ventura County Superior Court, the California Agricultural Network accused Read More →

| Tuesday, November 1st, 2022

Deckers shares flat despite earnings and revenue growth

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, left, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Goleta-based Deckers Brands’ second quarter 2022 soundly beat analysts’ expectations in both revenue and earnings, but the company did not raise its guidances for the full fiscal year, giving investors some caution moving forward. Deckers, which owns Ugg, Hoka One One and other footwear brands, generated net income of $101 million for the quarter, or Read More →

| Monday, October 31st, 2022

Santa Barbara cannabis company makes $23.5M acquisition

Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Top Stories

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| Monday, October 31st, 2022

Atara treatment nears European approval

Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, middle, Regions, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

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| Sunday, October 30th, 2022

P3 trains pros and amateurs alike in Santa Barbara

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