January 12, 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, September 2nd, 2022

Sonos leads the way in patents among region’s companies

Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Ventura County

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| Friday, September 2nd, 2022

Tech: Even in a down year for venture capital, Santa Barbara area holds its own

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| Thursday, September 1st, 2022

Semtech shares hit two-year low after company lowers Q3 guidance

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Regions, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Camarillo-based Semtech produced record revenue and earnings in the second quarter of 2022, but its shares plummeted 27% the day after its earnings release after the company’s guidances for the third quarter were well below analysts’ expectations. Semtech, a semiconductor company specializing in Internet of Things applications, saw its net income increase in the second Read More →

| Thursday, September 1st, 2022

Legislature paves way to keep Diablo Canyon open through 2030

Energy, Latest news, Law & Goverment, left, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Top Stories

The push by Gov. Gavin Newsom, along with some environmentalists, energy experts and local officials, to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant succeeded early Sept. 1. In an extended session, the California Legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of Senate Bill 846, giving the state the option of keeping the power plant Read More →

| Friday, August 26th, 2022

Goleta startup Next Energy passes test for its solar windows

Energy, Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories

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| Thursday, August 25th, 2022

Distilleries shake up region’s beverage industry

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

Though water makes up about 60% of the average person’s body, liquor certainly runs in the Cutler family line. As a boy, Ian Cutler heard the stories of how his great-grandfather was a bootlegger during Prohibition. From there, his family kept running different liquor stores, bars and more, until 1985, when changes to California’s liquor Read More →

| Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022

Dole earnings up in Q2, but company again cuts full-year guidance

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Regions, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Westlake Village-based Dole beat analysts’ expectations when it reported positive earnings per share for the second quarter on Aug. 23, but the company also slashed its guidance for revenue and earnings for the full year. Dole, one of the largest fruit and vegetable producers in the world, is dually headquartered in Westlake Village and Dublin, Read More →