September 12, 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, January 31st, 2023

Montecito Bank & Trust closes out 2022 strong

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County Public Companies

Despite total assets dropping from the end of last year, Montecito Bank & Trust reported an overall strong growth in income and loans to close out fiscal year 2022, the financial institution reported Jan. 30.  Montecito Bank & Trust, the biggest bank in the tri-county region, reported income grew to $18.27 million for the year Read More →

| Monday, January 30th, 2023

Amgen to lay off 300 U.S. workers

East Ventura County, Economy, Latest news, left, Technology

Technology layoffs are now hitting the healthcare sector, as Amgen will be laying off 300 people in the United States, the company announced on Jan. 30. The Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology giant said that it is making organizational changes “mainly in our commercial team,” the company’s statement said. “We made these changes to better manage against Read More →

| Friday, January 27th, 2023

AppFolio beats revenue estimates

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

Goleta-based AppFolio beat analysts’ expectations in both earnings and revenue when it released its financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 26. AppFolio, a software company for the real estate industry, announced revenue worth $124.1 million in the fourth quarter, a 30% increase from the same quarter a year ago. But the company’s net Read More →

| Thursday, January 26th, 2023

LogicMonitor names new C-Suite member

Latest news, Technology

Santa Barbara-based LogicMonitor has announced Taggart Matthiesen as the company’s new Chief Product Officer, the company said in a Jan. 24 press release. Matthiesen joins LogicMonitor from Lyft, where he built and led the company’s autonomous driving initiatives, holding the title of vice president of product. Before that role, he also held various leadership positions Read More →

| Thursday, January 26th, 2023

Next Energy powers up Patagonia’s HQ

Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

Next Energy Technologies has spent the better part of a decade validating the science behind its proprietary solar panel window technology. But last week, the Goleta-based company received a different type of validation from one of the largest climate-positive companies in the world. On Jan. 19, Next announced it successfully installed its solar panel windows Read More →

| Wednesday, January 25th, 2023

Teledyne caps off strong year with record-breaking fourth quarter

Banking & Finance, Earnings, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, January 25th, 2023

Diablo Canyon extension process hindered by federal regulators

Energy, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Top Stories, Top Story

The plan to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant may have been put on hold, pending the filing of a revised application with federal regulators.  On Jan. 24, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission denied a request to renew a review of an operating license application from Pacific Gas & Electric, operators of Read More →