Michelle Ciccarelli Lerach is truly one of La Jolla’s gems. The blonde, petite owner of the popular bakery Cups is probably the nicest storeowner you’ll meet here in San Diego. I recently toured her adorable kitchen, where Michelle told me all about her ventures into the baking world. Watch the video inside.

Best of State: Campus

Best of State: Nightlife

The meeting process to select San Diego State’s next university president began Tuesday, and confidentiality and student accessibility were top priorities.

The timeless sound of quiet soul and evoking images of dim sunsets continue to become a standard for veteran pros Pat Sansone and John Stirratt.

On the evening of Jan. 21, a San Diego State student was reportedly assaulted at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house during a dispute about alcohol.

As residence halls have exceeded capacity on San Diego State’s campus, alternative housing is cropping up to provide for the demand.

The newborn of San Diego’s beloved hippo Funani is the latest addition to the family of more than 4,000 animals at the San Diego Zoo, where more than 800 species inhabit 100 acres of jungle, forest and desert habitats.

River City Extension is a complex blend of everything popular music is missing. With unflinching, relentless confidence the group melds blues, Americana, mariachi and punk rock together into something the band has dubbed “chamber punk” on its album “The Unmistakable Man.”

Leap forward to Fall 2018. Students at the University of California, San Diego are livid, protesting and chanting outside the windows of the administration building. The school’s president rolls down the blinds. The budget was a mess from the beginning. An inept administration let it snowball out of control. At the annual stockholders’ meeting, the youth vote almost unanimously to rid him from office, along with several of the least qualified deans.

Urgent Attention Required.” The words glared up at me from the page of the innocuous letter I’d just torn open. “Uh-oh.” This letter is to notify you that your account has been overdrawn. “What? I haven’t used that account in months.”

Staff Photographer Audry Rynberg captured this high definition photo of an eye.