July 16, 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.


| Friday, October 7th, 2022

Biden’s announcement has region’s cannabis companies seeing green

Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County

Glass House Brands purchased Houweling’s Tomatoes greenhouses in Camarillo with the hopes of growing and selling cannabis not just for the state of California, but for the entire country. After president Joe Biden’s announcement on multiple cannabis issues Oct. 6, including potentially removing the drug from the most restrictive tier of federal controls, that hope Read More →

| Tuesday, October 4th, 2022

Westlake Village’s SRAX faces deadline to file late financial reports

Banking & Finance, Latest news, left, Regions, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

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| Sunday, October 2nd, 2022

Former InTouch CEO lays out future of telehealth

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Top Stories

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| Friday, September 30th, 2022

At CLU forum, employers are resigned to the new jobs reality

Latest news, middle, Regions, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Ventura County

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| Friday, September 30th, 2022

In the region and the nation, women get a tiny share of venture capital dollars

Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Startups, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County, Women Inc.

When Haley Pavone, the founder of San Luis Obispo-based Pashion Footwear, pitches to investors, hoping to gain new capital to scale her already successful business, she usually has one obstacle: convincing men to see the same need in the market she sees. Pashion Footwear makes convertible heels — shoes with removable heels so they can Read More →

| Friday, September 23rd, 2022

Briq builds a software powerhouse in Santa Barbara

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| Thursday, September 22nd, 2022

Region’s farmers leave more land unfarmed as drought deepens

Agribusiness, Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County

Cilantro isn’t a huge moneymaker for Will Terry, the vice president at Terry Farms in Ventura County, but it is a quick crop that he can grow in the summer months and turn a small profit on. But, due to the ongoing drought exacerbated by limited groundwater allocation rights, growers like Terry have to make Read More →