Overview
- The first organized tribute was held Friday at an Oakland restaurant hosted by Skyline High School alumni, drawing hundreds of former players, colleagues and family members.
- Laney College will hold the “Light the Path, Light the Field” luminaria walk on Wednesday, Dec. 10, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Laney Bistro and proceeding 0.3 miles to the football stadium for a brief program.
- The Oakland Public Library created a memorial display and community memory book to be delivered to Beam’s family, noting he appeared in the Oakland Tribune nearly 600 times; the display runs through year-end.
- Police say the Nov. 13 shooting at Laney’s fieldhouse was a targeted incident, that the 27-year-old suspect was not affiliated with the college but known to linger near campus, and that a recovered firearm matched the caliber of rounds at the scene.
- Beam, 66, died Nov. 14 after decades coaching at Skyline High School and Laney College and gaining national attention on Netflix’s Last Chance U.