Larry Sly, executive director of the Contra Costa & Solano Food Bank, will retire from the job after a 43-year career with the nonprofit. He is pictured here inside the food bank's Concord warehouse. (Photo by Sam Richards)

In 1977, after graduating from UC Berkeley with a history degree, Larry Sly took a job driving a truck.

“I thought I can do this for a couple of years until I figure out what to do,” he said. “Little did I know.”

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