John Beam's legacy, captured in part on Netflix's "Last Chance U," is in the lives of the players he coached over a 45-year career on the field.

Oakland community members and leaders gathered in the wake of a pair of shootings at two city schools to condemn the deadly ...

Three days after a 15-year-old boy was shot at Skyline High School in Oakland, 145 students from nine Oakland Unified School ...

On Wednesday, a student was shot at Skyline High School and survived. Then on Thursday, Coach John Beam was fatally shot at ...

First, a personal note on John Beam The East Bay lost a guiding light with the shocking murder of John Beam, the long-time football coach at Skyline High School ...

KGO, LANEY ATHLETICS, CNN By Laura Sharman, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — John Beam, a cherished football coach whose mentorship ...

Oakland educators and advocates warn that losing funding for school violence interrupters could undermine safety efforts as ...

Almost every high school and college football coach espouses a desire to to turn boys into outstanding young adults, but few ...

For former Skyline High School and NFL player William Blackwell Jr., the news of Coach John Beam's death​ has been ...

The revered Bay Area football figure featured in Netflix documentary series “Last Chance U” was rushed to Highland Hospital in critical condition Thursday but died Friday morning.

On Saturday, at community events in West Oakland, residents spoke out about how the violence was impacting a city that, at ...