November 28, 2024

		

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.


| Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

CRE: SLO County median home prices hit $1M

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

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| Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Memo to Santa Barbara County: Let Vandenberg launch

Editorials, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Mercado: Will more excitement find the Central Coast before 2025?

Columns, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Thursday, August 1st, 2024

Santa Barbara nonprofit legends to step down

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

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| Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Sacks completes stock split to meet Nasdaq requirement

Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

American Riviera Bank releases Q2 earnings

Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Santa Barbara-based American Riviera Bank saw net income take a slight dip in the second quarter of 2024. Announced July 24, ARB noted net income of $2.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, down from $2.7 million in the same quarter a year ago.  According to a press release, the dip in net income could be Read More →

| Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

Tighe to step down as Direct Relief’s CEO at year’s end

Latest news, left, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief, one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world, announced that longtime President and CEO Thomas Tighe will be stepping down from his role at the end of the year. Tighe has been Direct Relief’s chief executive for the past 24 years, leading the organization and expanding its critical work around Read More →