April 21, 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, September 4th, 2024

Atara looks to add $36M to its runway via direct offering

Latest news, Technology

Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics announced that it will be hosting a $36 million registered direct offering. The gross proceeds to Atara from the offering are expected to be $36 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by Atara. Atara currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate Read More →

| Friday, August 30th, 2024

Making an impact: Latinas contribute $1.3T to U.S. GDP, report finds

Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

When Teresa Arredondo first attempted to work in the aviation industry, she was rebuffed by a white man telling her the job was too much for a woman. But three years later, she purchased the company from that same man, changed the name of the business, and now, 30 years later, Arredondo, owner of ArtCraft Paint in Read More →

| Thursday, August 29th, 2024

Large multifamily property in Simi nets $95M in sale

East Ventura County, Latest news, Real Estate

The Landing at Arroyo, a 212-unit multifamily property in Simi Valley, was sold for $95 million on Aug. 29. The sale was announced by Simi Valley-based Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap. With the $95 million price tag, each unit sold and was worth $448,113. The property is located between California State Read More →

| Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

Semtech shares beat Q2 estimates, stock gains 7%

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

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| Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

Same old story: Santa Barbara officials express need for housing

Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

UCSB wins $22M for new biofoundry on campus

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

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| Sunday, August 25th, 2024

Latigo Bio shares positive news, appoints chief medical officer

Latest news, Technology

Thousand Oaks-based Latigo Biotherapeutics, a company with the mission of creating non-opioid pain medication, shared positive phase 1 results for its lead candidate. In its phase 1 clinical trial, data from LTG-001 showed that the oral treatment aimed to treat acute and chronic pain at its source was “well tolerated with rapid absorption.” The trial Read More →