OAKLAND — Cedric Irving, the one-time Laney College student accused of killing longtime football coach John Beam in an on-campus shooting, bought the gun in Castro Valley roughly a month earlier, with ...

The union representing employees at Jim B. Beam Distilling Co. doesn’t anticipate layoffs after the distiller said it is pausing part of its whiskey production in Kentucky. In a statement to the ...

Popular Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam plans to pause production at its main distillery on January 1, according to the James B. Beam Distilling Co. The decision comes as Kentucky faces an increasing ...

OAKLAND — There was hardly room to stand, but Cindi Beam rose to hug every well-wisher who stopped by to say their lives were changed by Coach John Beam. A former Skyline High School tight end donning ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Chicago Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright honored his deceased coach John Beam by taking a knee in the end zone ...

When Damon Owens met football coach John Beam, he was a flailing sophomore at Oakland’s Skyline High School on the verge of dropping out. But the now-52-year-old credits Beam for changing the course ...

For former Skyline High School and NFL player William Blackwell Jr., the news of Coach John Beam's death has been devastating. "A lot of memories here," Blackwell said, walking around the Skyline ...

Like John Beam, Lou Richie, left, and Chris Kyriacou, right, are fixtures in the Oakland athletic scene. Courtesy of Lou Richie He is credited with mentoring dozens and dozens of teenagers and young ...

John Beam, the athletic director and former head football coach at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., who was featured on Netflix’s “Last Chance U” show in 2020, died Friday after being shot in the ...