Morro Bay medical marijuana dispenser Charles Lynch was found guilty by a Los Angeles Federal Court jury Aug. 5 for five counts of violating federal drug laws in a trial that stirred controversy.
Lynch, 46, who will be sentenced Oct.
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Poly victim loses thousands in Web scam
A 19-year-old Cal Poly student was recently scammed out of $2,375 when a Craigslist Web site exchange went bad, and she’s not the only one. Many people are duped by online con artists, but there are warning signs to prevent it from happening.
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Women's soccer looks to fresh faces to climb Big West ladder
Although the Cal Poly women’s soccer team will have to make up for the losses of several departed stars from last year, those absences haven’t dimmed the Mustangs’ hopes heading into this season.
“Of course losing seniors is always hard, but we had a strong team in the past, and we have integrated a lot of people,” senior defender Cara O’Hagan said.
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Cal Poly weighs move to FBS
The Cal Poly football team will take a step up in competition this year when it plays two Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) teams. But don’t expect the Mustangs to move up to the FBS permanently – at least not yet.
Responding to a recent comment Fresno State head coach Pat Hill made to the Fresno Bee suggesting Cal Poly would eventually belong to the Western Athletic Conference, Cal Poly athletic director Alison Cone said such a move is unlikely to take place in the near future.
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Elite transfer joins Mustangs cross country
The Cal Poly men’s and women’s cross country teams have been eagerly preparing this summer in anticipation of their first race this season.
The men’s side figures to come back strong, having lost only two seniors from last season’s squad that finished 11th at the NCAA Championships (outdoing a national ranking of 22 entering the race).
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Freshman arms race down to two
The Cal Poly football program announced Tuesday evening a quintet of true freshmen with quarterback experience vying to stay under center has — for now, at least — been thinned to a duo. During the Mustangs’ opening practice Wednesday, eight total passers wore yellow jerseys. Of that group, only senior, incumbent starter Jonathan Dally has […]
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A backfield back in force
Not long after Cal Poly senior quarterback Jonathan Dally was named by The Sports Network the fifth-best QB in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA), the network has extended an even loftier opinion of the Mustangs’ running backs. Collectively, it ranked Cal Poly’s backfield as the best in the FCS, and individually, senior James […]
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Hill: Cal Poly bound for WAC
Fresno State head football coach Pat Hill recently told the Fresno Bee he expects the Bulldogs to play Cal Poly in 2010, after playing UC Davis in 2009. Although he told the Fresno Bee he was unsure if the contracts were finalized, he reiterated his interest in Cal Poly, which he first publicly broached July […]
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Olympics a family affair for Donovans
John Donovan is no longer the jealous child who once sat on the bench while his sister dominated the basketball court. Now, the Templeton resident and brother of Anne Donovan – Team USA’s women’s basketball head coach – has a deeper understanding of what it means to have a champion in the family.
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Cal Poly grad an Olympian in eventing
Cal Poly alumna Gina Miles can thank the flu and a chance meeting for giving her a shot at representing the U.S. equestrian team in this year’s Olympics.
Miles, 34, who graduated in 1997 with a degree in crop science and a minor in agricultural business, met her horse, McKinlaigh, when his co-owners (Laura Coats and her husband Thom Schulz) brought the Irish sport horse to Creston from Ireland.
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Miles wins silver in equestrian eventing
Cal Poly alumna and U.S. Olympian Gina Miles won an individual silver medal in equestrian eventing on Tuesday night in Hong Kong.
Miles (a 1997 graduate in crop science) and her horse McKinlaigh finished with 56.1 penalty points, trailing Germany’s Hinrich Romeike, who rode Marius and finished at 54.