Cold Comfort for the Homeless

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"How can these people help themselves when all they think about is food?" asks the Fire Tender. "Give them food, and then they can put their heads and hands to work fighting misery." Although the city plans to evict Beacon from the vacant lot to build subsidized housing on the site, the Fire Tender does not intend to let his flame go out. His next temple, he says, will be in Spanish Harlem.

With reporting by Elaine Lafferty/Los Angeles and Raji Samghabadi/New York