A coaching legend at a Bay Area community college is in critical condition after being shot on campus Thursday afternoon, an official said. Oakland City Councilman Ken Houston told SFGATE that John Beam was the person shot and that he is in critical condition at Highland Hospital as of Thursday evening.

A light and a legend might have been taken from the Oakland and Bay Area community, but the legacy of coach John Beam will live on through the lives of the people he touched and impacted.

A senior member of the athletics staff at a community college in Oakland has been shot on campus. Police are investigating Thursday's shooting at Laney College. Officers found the victim with

John Beam, 66, was a fixture in the Oakland athletics scene as a high school and then junior college coach. He died Friday after being shot at Laney College the day before. Beam was remembered as an unforgettable influence, a man who knew how to draw the most out of his athletes and even his competitors.

The fifth season of the wildly popular Netflix show “Last Chance U” debuted last Tuesday, putting a national spotlight on Laney College in Oakland. Laney will be the final junior college football team featured on the show after East Mississippi ...

Nebraska Volleyball player Laney Choboy shared a glimpse of an early Halloween celebration with her boyfriend, Jeremiah Charles.