You can start voting on these faces beginning next week. Tuesday, it will be the girls. Wednesday, it will be the guys. And then thursday your top 10 will be revealed. That means the other 10 will have to head home. Its a big week in the competition and it begins tuesday at 8 00, oclock central. Judges, thank you very much. Great run here, thank you, everybody, thank you for watching, your local news is next. One more time, your top 20. Good night, everybody. [cheering] friends and family light candles at the spot with a man was fatally shot today. Tonight theyre questioning whether his attacker was released too quickly out of jail or the hospital. Good evening im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Deborah villalon is live now where some are saying the attacker may have been an Early Release inmate. Reporter this neighborhood is not high crime and you can see that tonight theres a small memorial to the young man who lost his life here. Everybody loved him. Everybody everybody loved him. Reporter loved ones are stunned at the killing of christopher armstrong. Avid baseball player, professional cook, Community College student. Free spirited. Just funny, he was the person i would go to to talk to. Reporter candles burn on the spot where armstrong fell about 1 00 this afternoon in front of a friends house down the street from his own. That friend says chris had arrived to help him with some chores, accompanied by a homeless man who had recently shown up in the neighborhood. They actually walked down here together and helped me start cleaning the garage. Reporter but when medrano went to the store, armstrong stabbed him. He was a little weird for us weird to us, but he made us feel bad for him. I dont know, i dont know why. Reporter friends are wondering if he was an Early Release from jail or a mental hospital. We asked and he was an Early Release from napa. Reporter two others were shooting deaths, one gun related one drug related. The real issue is Violent Crime just seems the Violent Crime is out of control not just here in vallejo, everywhere. Reporter this time violence took a 27yearold who friends say will be missed. Strong hearted, kindhearted person you know. Like you said he was like my best friend. Reporter the suspect ran after the stabbing but was captured a few blocks away. Police thank the public for bringing a quick arrest. Deborah villalon, ktvu news. 26yearold amar harris was arrested today in los angeles. This is his booking photo. Police say harris shot oakland rapper kenneth cherry jr. While cherry was driving his masarotti on the vegas strip. He crashed into a taxi killing cherry, the taxi driver and a man in the cab. Harris is a selfdescribed pimp. He is expected to be arraigned next tuesday. Officials announced this afternoon when and where a public memorial will take place for the two detectives killed this week on the line of duty. Maureen naylor is live with the details on that and new information about the shooting that was revealed today, maureen. Reporter here at the blue lagoon bar a fundraiser is just starting to raise money for the fallen officers families. Meanwhile the memorial will take place to remember those detectives. The memorial set for next thursday will take here at the Kaiser Permanente arena. Thousands of Law Enforcement and Community Members are expected to honor the two officers gunned down on the line of duty on tuesday. We have a tough week ahead of us. The lain detectives were shot by the suspect after two minutes of interviewing him through the door. He ambushed, taking them both down within seconds. Reporter so fast they never had time to call for help. The house with two addresses has doors on either side. This retiree says the detectives in plain clothes stopped him just before they were gunned down. Reporter you could see their guns . Yes i could, i could see their badges too. I could see they were police officers. I had no ea. But the female officer mentioned to me they were trying to contact a suspect inside the house and he would not answer the door. Reporter signs of support are all over the street. The hugs lasted extra long today where Police Dispatchers came here for a briefing. We know there was nothing we could do to have prevented this. Weve reviewed it and theres nothing we could have done to have saved cindy and butch. Reporter maureen naylor, ktvu news. More details now on that memorial planned for next week. It is set for 11 00 a. M. At the Kaiser Permanente arena and it is open to the public. A woman was hit by a train. The accident happened this afternoon near San Francisco state. The victim was rushed to San Francisco general. Munni said the driver of the m ocean view train has been placed on nondriving status per policy. The president is set to meet with congressional leaders in the senate. The gop wanted the same 8 million in cuts but would have let the president choose where to make them. Democrats wanted 55 million in cuts and 55 billion in new tax revenue. After repeated dire warnings about the sequester, the president today defended himself against critics who say hes exaggerating. Youve heard from a number of experts and economists that this is not a cliff but it is a tumble downward. Reporter the president explained that it could take weeks for people to feel the impact of sequestration. If Congress Comes up with a new budget by march 27 it could eliminate some of those cuts. The Obama White House made his tpreu as history as it joined the legal battle of same sex marriage. The brief contends the voter approved ban on samesex marriage is discriminatory. And it says prop eight violates equal protection law along with the u. S. Constitution. Theres no doubt that the tide is shifting and there is no doubt that the Supreme Court feels that tide and i think it is going to be influenced by it. Efforts to reach prop eight supporters today were unsuccessful. The Supreme Court will take up the issue on march 26 with the ruling expected in june. Clint eastwood joined the chorus of people who want the Supreme Court to overturn prop eight. 278 Companies Including hp and google urged the court to strike down the federal defense of marriage act. Evacuations are under way tonight in a Southern California neighborhood where a brush fire is threatening a number of homeless. That fire has already burned up to 75 acres in rancho erupa. People in near by homes are now being ordered to evacuate. Its not clear how many residents are affected by the order. At the moment, the fire is only about 20 contained. Authorities say power lines are down in the area, although its not clear if thats what sparked the fire. And in vacaville, a four alarm fire today destroyed a trailer. Happened about 3 30 this afternoon on maple road near leisure town road. The Solano CountyFire Department said the fire started inside the trailer and spread to a near by barn. The trailers owner told the vacaville reporter newspaper that the fire was sparked by a cutting torch, no one was injured. On this last day of february, state officials have announced we have just been through the driest january and february on record. As Ken Pritchett explains theres a need for more snow and rain but the outlook is not as bleak as you might think. Reporter the snow pack measured by state water officials today near echo summit west of tahoe was low, as expected. Even lower than last month. Even though we gained a little snow we didnt gain as much as we should have. So our percent of average dropped by 12 . Reporter the snow pack measured 66 of historical average. Thats the amount of snow pack that can be typically seen on this day. While the snow has been light in the sierra, the same can also be said of the rain such as in marin county. We have had a dry january and february as well. In fact, we have had a record low this year for january and february of 2. 07inches. And our records go back to 1879. Reporter michelle with the municipal Water District says its reservoirs are at 97 capacity after heavy rainfall. Statewide three of californians reservoirs are at normal. Fulsome lake is 100 of the historical average for this day. In marin despite a record dry start to the year the outlook is good. If we have average march and april we will look good and actually if we have below average we will still be in good shape. Reporter while more storms rolling off of the pacific would be accurate, that changes if we continue to see low snow and rainfall totals for a series of years. In marin county, Ken Pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. And it has been a dry january and a dry february in the bay area and in the mountains. Check out december, remember how wet that was. 158 of average. San jose was 144 of average. January we only had five days of rain. Not heavy at that. Three days of rain in february. And where does that leave us, were way down. 85 of average right now in santa rosa. San jose just 71 of average. So rainfall and snowfall way off from now. When i come back well be talking about the long range forecast which does show a little bit of rain. Benedict xvi says goodbye. This is an eyesore, its annoying. The incentive for whoever cleans it up for good. And remains for one, how long it was there and how it was found. They say its more than just an eyesore, Community Activists have organized a trash tour to show us the potential hazards created bid trash dumping. Patti lee has how hard that could be. Reporter this block of mlk has been identified as one of the worse Illegal Dumping sites in oakland this week. That is a dubious distinction that constantly changes as illegal dumpers target new locations. Mostly wide streets like this one that are poorly lit at night. Old matted mattresses, furniture, piles of dirty clothes. It looks like a city dump. But its actually a well traveled city street across from a popular park. Its all over oakland, especially west oakland. It doesnt matter where you go. You can call, they might clean that one block up and itll be right back there the next day. Reporter Illegal Dumping is not a new problem in oak land. But its a growing one. People over there are saying theres rats off in here. Reporter west oakland activist shirley bernel was so disgusted by the streets that she invited city leaders for a up close tour. We are not going to take it, we are going to be in their faces to make sure they do their job. Reporter the city of oakland may consider implementing a pilot program. That program spreads the responsibility of clean up across several agencies. Its a tough problem and theres no one solution. We used to have a crew that would go out and set up traps and cameras. So now weve been working with neighborhoods to try to set up permanent cameras. Reporter oaklands mayor says the city is city is doing what it can with its resources. But bernal believes that they could be doing more on duty. The police are out there all the time. At night and day if you see somebody dumping, turn them in. Reporter right now this gentleman is trying to consolidate the trash out here. But mayor quan told us today that the city is asking residents to report dumpers by snapping photos of license plates but some activists says that just another example of the city asking the public to do its job. Reporting live in oakland, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. The city of oakland is renewing its fight to keep open the nations largest medical marijuana dispensary. Oakland is appealing a city ruling that found the city did not have legal standing to fight on behalf of harbor side medical center. The city center is trying to shut down the dispensary. The city says it filed a lawsuit last december calling that effort unlawful. Alameda county sheriff are completing an investigation surrounding a human skull. The bone had been in the creek for at least a year. He says Crime Lab Technicians searched the area and found many other bones but those appear to be animal bones. We now know the name of the man who was struck and kill killed by a hitandrun driver yesterday. He was walking on montgomery drive about 1 00 yesterday afternoon when he was hit. Witnesses remember seeing a black four door car speeding away. Officers say that car will likely have front end damage. Benedict said one last goodbye to the cardinals and he promised his unconditional obedience to the new pope. He then boarded a helicopter and flew to his residence. Swiss guards closed the thick wooden doors of the summer residence signaling the end of Pope Benedicts papacy. The pope also sent out one final tweet, he offered his thanks for the love and support hes received. Then that tweet and all the popes previous ones were deleted and the site was closed down. The pope had 1. 6 million followers on twitter. The significance of todays resignation was certainly on the mind of many bay area catholics. John sasaki spoke to catholics from all throughout the state. Were here this morning to pray for our Pope Benedict xvi. Reporter a mass wishing Pope Benedict a fond farewell as he became the first sitting pope to resign in 600 years. The resignation is an act of faith. It is an act of faith that the risen christ is always with the new church. Reporter the faithful in San Francisco say they will miss their now former leader. I think he was a wonderful pope. I think its a nice way to recognize each pope and a good time to go to mass and reflect. Reporter the church will have no pope until all the cardinals under 80 years old will meet as a conclave. Perhaps a cardinal from africa, south america or the United States will rise to the top. Its an exciting motion because we wait for that white smoke to come. Reporter white smoke is the sign that a new pope has been chosen. Reporter at asisi students were doing a class project but the pope was still on their mind. I never thought he would resign. I was very shocked. As did the popes predecessor. Im sure he knew what was best, i dont think he would do anything crazy. Reporter as only a 13year old could put it. John sasaki, ktvu news. Its very warm out there for february. The last day. 71 in santa rosa, high temperatures on friday are coming up a couple of degrees. So were going to see warm temperatures maybe some mid 70s. So youll notice it tomorrow. Starts off kind of cool. We have all these clouds streaming to the north. The focus of the rain see how the to skwrebgt trajectory all of the white. Thats how it stays for the bay area weekend. Plenty of sunshine along the coast. We have a ton of coastal fog so its right there along the golden gate bridge. Coastal fog could be an issue. Overnight lows, mild. Well have the next chance of rain in your neighborhood coming up. Today marked the grand opening of a new Job Training Center in oakland. The center is part of the city Core Charter School which provides former High School Drop outs with an opportunity to earn their diplomas. The Training Center aims to provide students with crucial work experience, vocational kilns and industry recognized sert vocational skills and industry recognized certifications. A process you will see only on 2 as guns bought back begin a transformation. Also the fare hike approve bid the b. A. R. T. Board and why some passengers will have to pay up more than once. New information tonight that authorities hope may help identify Human Remains Found in san mateo county. A hiker discovered the remains and clothing ten days ago near a creek in the redwoods open space preserve. Investigators now say the man was 54 to 64 years old. He was wearing pants with a 54 inch waist and 30inch inseam. And he had size 12 nike air max moto sneakers. He appears to have been dead at least three years and they are checking missing persons reports. As rob roth tells us, its not just fares that will cost more. Reporter these may be considered the good old days, thats because the b. A. R. T. Board of directors voted to raise fares effective new years day 2014. That means a ride from hayward to downtown San Francisco 4. 64 will go up a quarter to 4. 85. Thats ridiculous. It means one less cup of coffee a week, Something Like that. Its a good service. And Good Services have a cost that go with it. Reporter b. A. R. T. Directors say the increase will bring in an addition 17 million a year and is necessary to keep up with inflation. We havent been investing enough to keep the system in a state of good repair. We havent been investing enough to make sure we have the capacity for the new riders, the focus has been very much extensions. Reporter the b. A. R. T. Board also voted to start charging 1 a day for the remaining free parking lots as soon as april. Those include, north concord, concord, hayward, the richmond coliseum, glen park and San Francisco. This hay woard woman says she is not happy about the change. Youre going to drive people to drive despite the higher gas prices this hayward woman says she is not happy about the change. Commuters who drive are also going to drive more and in 12 minutes well have the increase in the state gas tax approved just today. Several bay area cities have lost the latest round in their court battle to keep californias high speed rail system off the peninsula. Between San Francisco and san jose. The citys of palo alto and menlo park filed suit alleging environmental harm. Now a sacra