March 3, 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.


| Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

Santa Barbara News-Press gets new life under Arizona nonprofit

Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content

It has been a year and a half since the Santa Barbara News Press, the former longest running daily newspaper in Southern California, shuttered its doors — but the media outlet might have new life in 2025. Ben Romo, a principal at Romo & Associates in Santa Barbara, spearheaded a group dubbed NP 2024 LLC, which bid $285,000 Read More →

| Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

Teledyne finishes fiscal year strong with record Q4

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

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| Friday, January 17th, 2025

WEV helps hundreds of tri-county small businesses thrive

Latest news, Nonprofits, Small Business, Startups, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

Entrepreneurship is on the rise here in the United States, as Americans are starting and running their own small businesses at record rates as part of a post-pandemic shift. According to the Center for American Progress, the number of startups — defined as businesses under 1 year old — surged in 2022 and 2023, surpassing pre-Great Recession levels for Read More →

| Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Calavo ends fiscal year strong, maintains focus on ‘core avocado business’

Agribusiness, Earnings, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

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| Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Small, mid-size businesses are optimistic about the economy

Central Coast, Economy, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

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| Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Shelterbox provides immediate support to L.A. evacuees

Latest news, middle, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara-based ShelterBox USA is used to delivering aid to those in need, particularly those in third-world countries. But after multiple fires broke out in Los Angeles County beginning on Jan. 7 and scorched thousands of homes, and left many people without shelter, the nonprofit didn’t hesitate for a second about providing a helping hand to its Read More →

| Monday, January 13th, 2025

Sonos CEO steps down following app debacle

Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies

Consequences of Sonos’ decision to overhaul and release a new version of its app — one that was riddled with bugs and missing key features — came to fruition on Jan. 13 after the company announced it would be looking for a new CEO to start the new year. Sonos, a maker of speakers, headphones Read More →