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Tara Cuslidge

Tara Cuslidge is online editor for Recordnet.com. She covered youth, features and entertainment for The Record from 2002-2005, and was a general assignment multimedia reporter from Sept. 2007- Nov. 2008. Cuslidge holds a bachelor degree in communication from University of the Pacific and a masters degree in journalism from University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Tracy with her husband, an electrical engineer, and their pure-bred Chow Chows, Sky and Beau.

Two chances to cast your vote

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: August 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
Can’t wait until November to cast your vote? No worries, Recordnet.com has you covered. There are currently two chances to cast your vote for a contest and for ratings. The Fun in the Sun summer photo contest is displaying the work of talented individuals from around the area. There are 13 photos to pick from. The winner receives [...]
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Captured!

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: August 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
The favorite part about my job is being able to experience breaking news first hand. On Saturday, I wasn’t able to do so, but Record photographer Michael McCollum was. He watched a powered parachute take off without a pilot during a rally for the vessels at Tracy Municipal Airport. It looked a little something like this, taking [...]
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The bumpy ride on Interstate 5

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: August 13, 2010 | 0 Comments
My freeway exit to get to my parent’s home is Monte Diablo Avenue. They’ve lived in that neighborhood my entire life. I know well the bumps and humps and lumps of Interstate 5, including the area Record Photo Editor Craig Sanders shot for today’s newspaper cover. In fact, he captured video of the exact spot in the [...]
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The Record asks you to ‘Rate the Comics’

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: August 10, 2010 | 0 Comments
Do you think The Record’s print comics are hilariously over the top? Or maybe not so funny? We want you to tell us. Beginning Monday, readers have a chance to voice their views on 18 new comic strips and the 23 that currently appear in the newspaper daily. Why? We’re considering a remodel of our current [...]
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Prop. 8 ruling expected today, more coverage available

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: August 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Associated Press is reporting that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has reached a decision as to whether the court will uphold Prop. 8, the ballot measure approved by voters in 2008 defining marriage in California as being a union between a man and a woman. We’ve done much reporting in the past on the [...]
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More on Tracy Island Online

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: July 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
Today’s A3 center package on Tracy Island Online barely scratches the surface of what the site has to offer. It mentions groups and calendars, but it’s also a place where you can really gauge the pulse of the community. Consider the fact that right now there are more than 179 discussion threads, some about entertainment – [...]
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Fun in the Sun photo contest accepting submissions

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: July 20, 2010 | 0 Comments
We’re currently accepting submission for The Record and Recordnet.com’s Fun in the Sun photo contest. The category is pretty broad, but we’re looking for your summer photos – from that family trip to the coast, or just the neighborhood pool, the get together with friends over barbecued steak, highlights from local festivals, or just photos of [...]
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Full website now available on mobile devices

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: July 12, 2010 | 0 Comments
As of this morning, visitors to our mobile site at m.recordnet.com can now bypass our mobile sniffer and go to the full version of the website at recordnet.com. To do so, just click on the “View Full Website” link at the top of the mobile page. Excuse the slight pixelation in the image. It’s a small link [...]
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Stockton theater adds 3 a.m. showing of ‘Eclipse’

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: June 29, 2010 | 0 Comments
Today’s A1 story touches – barely – on the phenomenon around the bestselling book and movie series “The Twilight Saga.” The third movie premieres in the early hours of Wednesday, at 12:01 a.m. to be exact. “Eclipse” is expected to be a blockbuster hit this summer. I received a call this morning from a woman inquiring about [...]
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Avoiding social media awkwardness

By Tara Cuslidge | Published: June 22, 2010 | 0 Comments
My five year college reunion is this weekend, which means I’m gearing up to see quite a few of my friends I haven’t seen in a long time. We’ve been communicating on Twitter, Facebook and – in rare cases – on MySpace. I blame my BlackBerry, but I’ve become more comfortable text messaging and emailing people. [...]
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