Bay Area: BART Agent Jim Stanek was fired Tuesday on his 66th birthday for handing out $300 worth of unused BART tickets to a young boy who needed assistance in paying for transportation to school. Stanek was a BART employee for seven years and says he was devastated by the decision. BART has a strict policy on unused tickets and makes use of the leftover funds for train operations and salaries.

Fremont: Prosecutors on Tuesday charged 18-year-old Fremont man Abraham Hade with murder, with gang and deadly weapon enhancements, in the stabbing and killing of 18-year-old Newark Memorial High football star Osana Futi. The incident happened over the weekend at a party in Fremont. Futi was named the Rob Johnson Defensive Player of the Year in 2011 in the Mission Valley Athletic League and was a two-time, all-league first-team selection as linebacker.

San Leandro: San Leandro High’s student newspaper, The Cargo, has won the “Best Service to the Community” award from the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA). This award is presented to only one school in the United States each year.  The Cargo has received this national recognition in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and now 2012.