Newborn “Safe Surrendered” at Riverside City Station

A newborn baby was surrendered to a Riverside city fire station Saturday morning.

At 8:30 a.m., someone left the baby at Station 12, 10692 Indiana Ave., said Battalion Chief David Campos.

California’s safe surrender law allows parents to drop off newborns confidentially to a hospital, fire station or other site.

In the first six months of 2008, 31 babies had been surrendered this way in the state, according to the state Department of Social Services.

Story by Press Enterprise