January 10, 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.


| Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

Novocuff raises $26M to address preterm births

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

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| Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

Santa Barbara financial advisory firm rebrands 

Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County Economy

Santa Barbara-based Pensionmark Financial Group, a financial advisory firm, announced on July 10 that it has rebranded to World Investment Advisors. World Insurance Associates acquired Pensionmark in March 2022. The new firm said this move “better represents the firm’s robust and holistic financial services platform for independent financial advisors and strengthens alignment with its parent company.” Read More →

| Thursday, July 11th, 2024

Moorpark membrane maker closes seed round of funding

Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Ventura County

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| Wednesday, July 10th, 2024

Lake Fire proves challenging for 1st responders

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| Monday, July 8th, 2024

UC Santa Barbara cashes in with NCAA Regional

Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content

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| Monday, July 8th, 2024

The Nexstera big thing

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

What started as a year-long senior project at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo could turn out to be a lifelong passion for Penny Lane Case and her fellow co-founders of Nexstera Tech. Nexstera, founded in 2022, is a startup with a lot of momentum.  The goal of the company is to help mitigate the risk of waste fires started Read More →

| Thursday, June 27th, 2024

Kate Farms embraces growth with move into new HQ

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

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