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LaRance Braggs, 39, prays with his wife Lanise, 40, as they bless their taco dinner in their apartment in Tracy, Calif., on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. The couple has been married since July 30, 2017. A month ago they were homeless and living in their car on MLK Jr. Way in West Oakland. �She�s been supportive through everything. She�s my backbone when I need a backbone,� LaRance said of Lanise. �She just kept telling me to don�t give up. She knew it was going to work out better.� With help from Bay Area organization Swords to Plowshares, a program for military veterans, Braggs was recently hired as a supervisor for Mint Security, Inc., a private security company based in San Francisco.

Veteran rebuilds life after fighting internal battle against homelessness, unemployment

LaRance Braggs, after living in an Oakland homeless encampment for months, found a home and a job with the help of the nonprofit Swords to Plowshares.

The Delta King passes under the Golden Gate Bridge while returning from British Columbia, 1959

How twin SF-to-Sacramento steamships’ histories diverged in fantastic fashion

They were the largest steamships of their day and ferried thousands of passengers each month between San Francisco and Sacramento, but after being put into wartime service, the fates of the twin steamships ...

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Hostess Pat Zieger at the opening of Storyland at the Zoo July 25, 1959 Photo would run, 07/26/1959, p. 16

Rediscovering Storyland: SF Children’s Zoo’s magical

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Christopher Nguyen, a 12-year old classical pianist, who has over a 120 classical pieces memorized and enjoys playing everything from FrŽdŽric Chopin ƒtude Op. 10, No. 3 to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, sits by his favorite piano which is in his home and looks out the window on June 1, 2019 in San Leandro, California.

12-year-old piano prodigy strikes a chord with seniors

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The crowds line the parade route, as it turns of Market at U.N. Plaza , June 24, 1979 Photo ran 06/25/1979

Rainbow gold mine: Early SF Pride Parade photos rediscovered in

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A majestic view of Lone Mountain College, also known as San Francisco College for Women, May 23, 1933 No Photographer info.

Atop Lone Mountain, the history of SF’s first women’s college