Lisa Leff

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, gathers with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, left, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, second from left, Rep. Doris Matsui, second from right, and Rep. Barbara Lee, right, for a photo after speaking at a fundraiser for Democratic congressional candidates hosted by Pelosi at the Fairmont Hotel, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Clinton: Midterm elections should motivate women

Lisa Leff · October 20, 2014 11:06 pm

Judge tells state to fix problems at LA school

Lisa Leff · October 9, 2014 8:03 am

In this photo taken Sept. 11, 2014, Superintendent of Pubic Education Tom Torlakson, who is seeking reelection, is seen at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Torlakson is being challenged in the November election by Marshall Tuck, a former charter schools executive.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Schools chief race may be election’s tightest

Lisa Leff · October 4, 2014 9:13 pm

Napolitano plans review of UC admissions, tuition

Lisa Leff · September 30, 2014 11:43 pm

Schools challenger would drop tenure-ruling appeal

Lisa Leff · September 25, 2014 11:36 pm

Marijuana legalization effort begins in California

Lisa Leff · September 24, 2014 10:48 pm

Court: Caregivers can’t sue Alzheimer’s patients

Lisa Leff · August 4, 2014 11:21 pm

George Limperis, a realtor with Paragon Real Estate Group, walks in the backyard of a property in the Noe Valley neighborhood in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. In the souped-up world of San Francisco real estate, where the median selling price for homes and condominiums hit seven figures for the first time last month, the cool million that would fetch a mansion on a few acres elsewhere will now barely cover the cost of an 800-square foot starter home that needs work and may or may not include private parking. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In San Francisco real estate, $1M won’t buy much

Lisa Leff · July 31, 2014 9:38 pm

Elk Grove Unified School District teacher Michael Jones and his former student Kandance Stagner, a foster child, walk around Laguna Creek High School. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Foster children become focus of California schools

Lisa Leff · July 14, 2014 1:27 pm

Auditor: Campus’ sexual assault efforts inadequate

Lisa Leff · June 24, 2014 8:40 pm

FILE - This June 4, 2008 photo shows Darlene Knoll, 53, resting in the sleeping area of the battered 1978 motor home where she lives in Los Angeles. A federal appeals court on Thursday, June 19, 2014, struck down a 31-year-old Los Angeles law that bars people from living in parked vehicles, saying the vaguely written statute discriminates against homeless and poor people. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Court overturns Los Angeles ban on living in cars

Lisa Leff · June 20, 2014 2:39 am

California schools race features competing visions

Lisa Leff · May 30, 2014 4:51 pm