Aug. 05--A newborn boy was found alone in a stroller Tuesday afternoon, about half a mile north of the USC campus, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The baby was so young, the umbilical cord was still attached.
About 1 p.m., police received a call from someone who had discovered the stroller on the sidewalk at South Vermont Avenue and Dana Street. That intersection is home to a strip mall, an elementary school and a church.
The infant was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition, according to police. Detectives are trying to find his family and want to know who left him on the street.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at (213) 485-2582.
Parents who do not want to keep their newborns can legally surrender them to staffers at hospitals or fire stations within 72 hours of birth, no questions asked, under California's Safely Surrendered Baby Law.
