April 20, 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.


| Friday, October 4th, 2024

Our view: Cottage leads by example on workforce housing

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, October 4th, 2024

Owning the spotlight: Snappt corners the AI fraud market for the real estate industry

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

Daniel Berlind, the founder and CEO of Ojai-based Snappt, is used to the grind. For six years, Berlind attempted to live out the dreams of millions of kids across the country and break into the show that is Major League Baseball. A byproduct of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Berlind was a solid pitcher, being Read More →

| Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Saalex relocates HQ, will maintain Camarillo presence

Central Coast, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Technology, Tri-County Economy

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| Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Houweling’s takes final step out of Ventura County

Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, left

All of the remaining operations of Houweling’s Camarillo and its proprietor Casey Houwling will leave the Ventura County area before the end of the year as the company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act with the state earlier this month. California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN, requires companies to notify Read More →

| Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Santa Barbara company gets CHIPS Act funding

Latest news, Technology

By Staff Report Santa Barbara-based Photothermal Spectroscopy Corporation was one of 17 small businesses across nine states to receive grant funding to explore research projects for developing a viable product or service for introduction in the commercial microelectronics marketplace under the Small Business Innovation Research Program. This is the first award for the CHIPS Research and Development Read More →

| Sunday, September 29th, 2024

Tri-county unemployment rate rises for straight third month 

Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Sunday, September 29th, 2024

CRE: Camarillo construction firm acquired

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

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