John Beam, a cherished football coach whose mentorship and care touched the lives of thousands of people, has died after being shot Thursday on an Oakland college campus — a devastating loss for a California community still reeling from another act of school gun violence just days earlier.

A senior member of the athletics staff at a community college in Oakland was shot on campus Thursday, the second time in two days the city has had a shooting at a local school.

Mayor Barbara Lee described Beam as a “giant” and a mentor, educator and lifeline for young people.

Netflix unveiled several big announcements from its video game division Thursday, just as the streamer has launched a suite of new party games to be played on TVs via your phone as a controller.