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ByKelliKennedy The Associated Press FORTLAUDERDALE,FLA. To Arnold Abbot, feeding the homeless in a public park in South Florida was an act of charity. But to the city of in Fort Lauderdale, the 90-year- old man was committing a crime. Abbott and two South Florida ministers were ar- rested last weekend as they handed out food. They were charged with breaking a new ordinance restricting public feeding of the home- less, and each faces up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. "One of the police officers said, 'Drop that plate right now,' as if I were carrying a weapon," Abbott said. The conflict pits organi- zations with charitable in- tentions against residents and businesses who don't want their neighborhoods to become magnets for the homeless. Fort Lauderdale is the latest U.S. city to pass re- strictions on feeding home- less people in public places. Advocates for the homeless say that the cities are fight- ing to control increasing homeless populations but that simply passing ordi- nances doesn't work. "Street feeding pro- grams don't work," said Robert Marbut, a consul- tant and expert on home- lessness in the U.S. "Out- lawing it doesn't work, ei- ther. ... You're never going to have a good day arrest- ing a priest." In the past two years, more than 30 cities have tried to introduce laws sim- ilar to Fort Lauderdale's, ac- cording to the National Co- alition for the Homeless. The efforts come as more veterans face homelessness and after two harsh win- ters drove homeless people south, especially to Florida, Marbut said. But he called the laws "gimmicky." In Fort Lauderdale, the arrests haven't deterred Abbott, Dwayne Black and Mark Sims. The min- isters were back at church Wednesday preparing meals for a feeding at a pub- lic park later that night. Mayor Jack Seiler said he thinks the three have good intentions, but that the city can't discriminate in en- forcing the law. He said it was passed to ensure that public places are open to ev- eryone. "The parks have just been overrun and were inacces- sible to locals and busi- nesses," Seiler said. Black noted that the or- dinance passed after a long meeting after mid- night, when many people had gone home. He said he knows there's a good chance he'll be arrested to- night, but he wants to be there to "reopen the dis- cussion on this ordinance." "If that's what happens, that's what happens," Black said. Police said that the men were not taken into cus- tody and that they were given notices to appear in court, where the matter will ultimately be decided by a judge. Police spokes- woman DeAnna Greenlaw said those arrested "were well aware of the changes to the ordinance and its ef- fective date." Fort Lauderdale's ordi- nance took effect Friday, and the city recently passed a slew of laws addressing homelessness. They ban people from leaving their belongings unattended, out- law panhandling at medi- ans, and strengthen defeca- tion and urination laws, ac- cording to Michael Stoops, director of community orga- nizing for the National Co- alition for the Homeless. "I've never seen a city pass so many laws in such a short period of time," said Stoops, who testified at a City Council hearing on the issue. Other cities are con- ducting routine homeless sweeps while some have launched anti-panhan- dling campaigns, according to the coalition. And many laws continue to target pub- lic feedings. NEW ORDINANCE Feeding the homeless results in charges LYNNESLADKY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad Wednesday in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A Los An- geles man who allegedly beat a homeless man with a rock at Griffith Park, leaving him in a coma, has been charged with at- tempted murder. Prosecutors say 54-year- old Tyrone Isumu of Encino was charged Wednesday and could face a life sen- tence if convicted. Police Detective Gina Franco says Isumu and the 39-year-old victim met at a liquor store on Monday and went to some brush off a Griffith Park trail to take drugs, where they got into an argument. Authorities say Isumu beat the man with a rock and a steel trash bin, caus- ing serious injuries. Pros- ecutors said the man has paralysis and is comatose. HOMELESS VICTIM Man charged in park beating Washington 67/47 New York 56/45 Miami 85/68 Atlanta 69/42 Detroit 53/33 Houston 71/50 Chicago 45/29 Minneapolis 44/28 Kansas City 53/32 El Paso 65/46 Denver 67/44 Billings 65/46 Los Angeles 89/62 San Francisco 70/56 Seattle 58/43 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 76° 51° SATURDAY 78° 51° Mostly sunn y and wa rm Mostly sunn y and nic e SUNDAY 80° 51° Plenty of sun MONDAY 76° 49° Plenty of sun TODAY 74° 50° Partly sunny. A moonlit sky tonight. High ....................................................................... 78° Low ........................................................................ 47° Normal high ......................................................... 68° Normal low ........................................................... 45° Record high ............................................. 86° in 1941 Record low .............................................. 32° in 1942 Humidity noon today ........................................ 48% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.22" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.41" Season to date .................................................. 3.97" Normal season to date .................................... 2.38" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ............................................. Not available Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass .................. Absent Mold ............... Moderate Trees ....................... Low Weeds ................ Absent 3 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:44 a.m. 5:01 p.m. 5:11 p.m. 6:21 a.m. Friday 6:45 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:56 p.m. 7:26 a.m. 10 hr., 17 min. Nov6 Full Nov14 Last New Nov22 First Nov29 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.70 ......+0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.00 ......+0.04 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.70 ......+0.12 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.30 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.70 ......+0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.60 ......+0.05 BlackButte ....................438.40..............28,861 .....20.1% LakeOroville..................654.59............940,350 .....25.2% LakeShasta ...................894.73.........1,105,604 .....24.3% LakeTrinity..................2195.15............559,317 .....21.1% Whiskeytown...............1198.33............205,181 .....85.1% Weather Trivia ™ What is the record high temperature for the U.S. in November? 105 F. Croftonville, Calif.; Nov. 12, 1909. Today Friday Anaheim 88/57/s 85/57/s Bakersfield 79/54/s 75/52/s Chula Vista 87/57/s 83/57/s Crescent City 62/51/r 63/49/s Death Valley 87/58/s 87/60/s Eureka 63/51/r 63/46/s Fremont 72/53/s 71/49/s Fresno 79/52/s 75/52/s Glendale 86/60/s 84/59/s Huntington Beach 81/61/s 78/61/s Irvine 86/57/s 83/57/s Lake Tahoe 65/31/s 63/29/s Long Beach 88/58/s 83/59/s Los Angeles 89/62/s 86/61/s Mammoth Mountain 68/27/s 68/29/s Modesto 76/49/s 74/47/s Monterey 69/50/s 67/50/s Moreno Valley 86/52/s 84/53/s Napa 74/45/s 74/43/s Needles 83/55/s 84/59/s Oakland 69/51/s 69/48/s Oxnard 81/57/s 78/56/s Redding 74/50/pc 77/52/s Riverside 86/48/s 85/48/s Sacramento 77/48/s 76/48/s San Bernardino 87/51/s 86/51/s San Diego 86/60/s 81/61/s San Francisco 70/56/s 70/54/s San Jose 73/51/s 72/50/s San Luis Obispo 81/52/s 80/50/s Santa Ana 88/61/s 85/62/s Santa Barbara 79/51/s 77/52/s Santa Clarita 85/54/s 84/55/s Stockton 78/48/s 76/47/s Ventura 79/57/s 76/57/s Yosemite Valley 70/41/s 70/41/s Today Friday Albuquerque 62/39/s 65/41/s Atlanta 69/42/pc 59/39/s Baltimore 63/42/r 54/32/c Boston 52/43/r 50/34/c Buffalo 50/37/r 41/29/sn Chicago 45/29/sn 45/37/pc Cincinnati 53/35/c 48/34/pc Dallas 72/43/s 68/51/s Denver 67/44/s 66/31/pc Detroit 53/33/r 43/32/pc El Paso 65/46/pc 67/46/s Fargo 43/29/s 52/27/sh Honolulu 87/72/pc 86/73/pc Houston 71/50/r 69/49/pc Indianapolis 49/33/sh 48/36/pc Kansas City 53/32/s 61/43/pc Las Vegas 76/53/s 77/57/s Louisville 55/39/c 52/38/pc Miami 85/68/pc 83/68/pc Minneapolis 44/28/pc 47/31/c New Orleans 78/52/sh 66/49/s New York City 56/45/r 53/37/c Oklahoma City 68/40/s 70/48/s An area of rain will become widespread, steadier and heavier in the mid-Atlantic and will expand toward New England today. Spotty showers will extend southward to the upper Gulf Coast and westward to the central Great Lakes. The rain showers will change to snow in colder air over parts of the Upper Midwest. Rain is forecast to change to snow later tonight in northern New Eng- land and northern upstate New York. Rain is fore- cast to drench parts of South and coastal Texas, while much of the Florida Peninsula remains dry with some sunshine. High .......................... 91° in Camarillo, CA Low ........................... 12° in Gunnison, CO High ........... 111° in Marble Bar, Australia Low ... -49° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 65/48/r 67/49/c Buenos Aires 76/60/s 80/56/pc Caracas 89/76/t 89/76/t Ensenada 86/60/s 84/58/s Mexico City 75/49/t 73/50/t Montreal 47/33/r 40/27/sn Rio de Janeiro 81/71/t 86/74/pc Tijuana 88/56/s 84/56/s Toronto 50/35/r 41/26/sf Vancouver 58/41/r 54/42/pc Orlando 85/62/pc 77/53/pc Philadelphia 59/44/r 55/34/c Phoenix 85/58/s 84/58/s Pittsburgh 54/39/sh 45/29/sh Portland, ME 54/40/r 48/29/r Portland, OR 61/44/r 58/39/pc St. Louis 53/32/pc 53/43/s Salt Lake City 64/41/s 61/36/s Seattle 58/43/r 55/40/s Tucson 79/55/s 81/52/s Washington, DC 67/47/r 57/38/pc Cairo 78/63/pc 82/63/s Casablanca 70/48/s 73/51/s Johannesburg 75/57/pc 75/55/pc Kinshasa 83/73/t 89/73/t Lagos 87/75/pc 89/76/t Nairobi 80/58/pc 83/58/pc Tripoli 87/54/t 69/56/pc Baghdad 71/49/s 75/48/s Beijing 51/30/s 47/30/pc Hong Kong 82/74/pc 81/72/pc Jerusalem 68/48/s 68/49/s Kabul 50/39/r 55/26/s Manila 87/74/pc 87/75/s Melbourne 71/51/pc 88/67/pc New Delhi 86/63/pc 88/66/pc Seoul 64/37/pc 58/36/s Singapore 87/78/r 88/78/r Sydney 69/58/pc 77/60/pc Tehran 51/39/s 55/36/s Tokyo 66/60/c 63/53/sh Amsterdam 50/42/pc 49/46/r Athens 70/60/pc 69/61/c Belgrade 69/55/pc 68/53/c Berlin 51/41/pc 50/42/pc Budapest 63/51/pc 64/50/pc Dublin 57/45/r 52/40/sh London 54/51/r 56/44/r Madrid 59/45/s 63/43/sh Moscow 45/37/s 47/40/sh Paris 52/44/pc 56/45/sh Rome 68/57/r 68/56/r Stockholm 37/34/sn 40/33/c Vienna 61/50/pc 58/47/sh Zurich 42/32/pc 46/35/sh 69/35 74/41 72/36 69/38 67/29 77/48 75/47 74/45 75/47 75/49 74/51 61/31 66/32 67/34 74/50 74/50 68/45 63/54 64/55 63/51 68/47 62/39 65/42 62/51 64/43 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Professional Personal Convenient •PremiumDigital Hearing Aids for every budget • FREE hearing evaluations • Service/Repair, all makes and models • Batteries & accessories • Preferred provider for most insurance plans: Including PERS, Carpenters, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, etc. • Low monthly payment plan available • Trial Period/ Satisfaction Guaranteed AskaboutourOpenFitTechnology Discreet and Comfortable Limited Appointments CALL 1-800-488-9906 Performedforproper amplificationselectiononly. 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