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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 ...