Jorge Mercado

Santa Barbara

Co-Managing Editor at Pacific Coast Business Times

Co-Managing Editor at @pacbiztimes; former sports writer at SB News Press, EIC @dailynexus; Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose 💙🫡

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Articles

Dubroff: Meathead Movers won’t let the EEOC push it around

6 days ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

For the past eight years, Meathead Movers CEO Aaron Steed has battled the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over allegations of age discrimination. Now he’s battling to save his company. The case began as an EEOC-initiated investigation, even though no age discrimination complaint was ever filed against Meathead. The case morphed into a lawsuit in 2023 when the EEOC filed a civil case in federal Court in Los Angeles.
Our view: Utilities offer a lifeline to struggling restaurants

6 days ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

By Editorial Board Friday, April 18th, 2025 At a difficult moment for the economy, restaurants are really in the crosshairs. Squeezed between rising costs for food, possible tariffs on imports, overregulated labor conditions and high crime in urban areas, the region’s eateries are facing their biggest threat since Covid-19.
Central Coast healthcare organizations share cancer care practices

6 days ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

By Jorge Mercado Friday, April 18th, 2025 Sansum Clinic breast radiologist Dr Winifred Leung looking at a scan. Leung has over 15 years of medical experience working as a diagnostic radiologist in Santa Barbara.
Laurus College unveils zero-tuition discount for Central Coast grads

6 days ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

By Jorge Mercado Friday, April 18th, 2025 Laurus College, an online and hybrid-career college located in Santa Maria, is removing financial barriers to higher education with its Central Coast "Zero Tuition" Discount.
Diversidad y estructura fisionómica en dos fragmentos de bosques riparios asociados a ecosistemas secos en el Caribe colombiano (Montes de María -Sucre)

6 days ago | dialnet.unirioja.es | Jorge Gómez |Luna Blanco |Alvarez Perez |Jorge Mercado

Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Diversidad y estructura fisionómica en dos fragmentos de bosques riparios asociados a ecosistemas secos en el Caribe colombiano (Montes de María -Sucre) Luna-Blanco, Cindy P. [1] ; Álvarez-Pérez, Pedro J. [1] ; Gómez, Jorge Mercado [1] [1] Universidad de Sucre Localización: Ciencia en Desarollo, ISSN-e 2462-7658, ISSN 0121-7488, Vol. 13, Nº.
CalPrivate Bank extends reach into Santa Barbara County

1 week ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

Santa Barbara County residents will have a new banking option beginning April 17, as CalPrivate Bank announced that it will be opening a new branch in Montecito led by Santa Barbara local, George Leis. Leis, who will serve as the executive vice president and market president, has a long career in Santa Barbara County, most recently serving as the president and COO of Montecito Bank & Trust since 2016.
‘Moorpark Rising’ with commercial, residential projects

1 week ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

By Jorge Mercado Thursday, April 17th, 2025 Moorpark Mayor Chris Enegren at the April 10 state of the city program. (courtesy photo) Moorpark, the smallest city in east Ventura County, is going through a thriving period of growth with several residential and commercial projects.
WEV utilizes grant money for single parents on the Central Coast

1 week ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

By Jorge Mercado Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 The Women's Economic Ventures aims to disrupt the cycle of poverty and try to give single parents, especially women, a new hope to strive for.
Occuspace raises $6M to expand capabilities

1 week ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

By Jorge Mercado Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 Occuspace's product. (courtesy photo) Occuspace is positioning itself to continue accelerating its growth in the real estate sector, especially after the company got a $6 million boost to its runway.
Food Bank CEO gives talk on food insecurity at Apeel HQ

1 week ago | pacbiztimes.com | Jorge Mercado

For the longest time, Erik Talkin, the CEO of the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County, thought ending hunger was as simple as just giving people more food. “But just giving people more food does not end hunger… hunger is complicated, hunger is hard because being poor is hard,” Talkin said in a 2019 TedX Talk.