Status check on 2012 economic forecasting shows very slow but steady growth is gaining traction and should continue in coming two years.

TURLOCK, Calif. — July 20, 2012 — The San Joaquin Valley is showing gradual signs of economic recovery and should continue slow growth in the next two years, according to a report by Dr. Gökçe Soydemir, endowed professor of business economics at California State University (CSU), Stanislaus.

Soydemir recently released a midyear update of his inaugural Business Forecast Report, first published in November 2011. The midyear update is to assess the accuracy of the initial report and provide updated forecasts to 2014. Per Soydemir, the initial forecasts were off by less than 3 percent, well within the target accuracy margin of 5 percent.

Brett Tate felt the strong pull of heritage as he began pursuing his beer-brewing dream. His grandparents’ journey from drought-stricken Oklahoma to California over 70 years before was close to mind asTate walked into local eateries and taverns with samples of his newly crafted beer loaded into a small ice chest.

“I started my business when the economy was tanking, so there are definitely parallels with the 1930s,” Tate said. “My effort tied nicely into their search for adventure and a new life, to risk-taking, and that hard work and dedication helped them turn the corner.”

TURLOCK – A small, generic warehouse in Turlock is not where you might expect to find a Nigerian filmmaker.

That is, of course, unless that filmmaker just spent thousands of dollars on production equipment and wants to make sure