Oakland’s Skyline High alumni hold tribute for late coach John Beam

Skyline High School alumni held a tribute for the late coach John Beam Saturday afternoon at The New Parkway Theater.

Many of them knew Beam, who was a football coach and gym teacher at the high school from the 1980s until 2003. He then took a coaching job at Laney College, where he was working when he was shot and killed last month.

Christina Macalino is determined to make sure his memory lives on for generations to come…

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