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499 SPRUCE STREET, Berkeley, CA 94708

Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Jun 12, 1985

Serious citation

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Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101229(a)(1) +1 more (Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — Based on staff interviews and records review it was determined that a child was able to leave the facility and go up the street without adult supervision; which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and Personal Rights of the children in care.) from 2024-02-28

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Type A citations mean an immediate risk to health, safety, or personal rights; Type B citations mean a violation that could become one if not corrected. This grading is assigned by CCLD, not GoldiCheck.

  • Type A2
  • Type B — none in lookback

All visits

Total 5 visits
  • 2 Annual inspections
  • 0 Complaint investigations
  • 3 Other visits
2 with citationsmost recent Jun 3, 2026

All violations

2 violations shown

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Type A(2)
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CCR 101223(a)(3)Other visit

Personal Rights — Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when S1 placed their hands under C1's under arm in an attempt to bring C1 closer to S1 to talk, leaving a red mark on C1 which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.

May 14, 2026
CCR 101229(a)(1)Other visit

Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — Based on staff interviews and records review it was determined that a child was able to leave the facility and go up the street without adult supervision; which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and Personal Rights of the children in care.

Feb 28, 2024
How we rate this daycareCalifornia CCLD records›

California pre-grades every violation itself: Type A means an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights; Type B means a violation that, if not corrected, could become that same immediate risk. We never escalate above the state's own grade.

🟢 No recent citation

Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.

🟡 Citation — any of:

  • A Type B violation is on record — CCLD's own lesser-risk grade, meaning a violation that, if not corrected, could become an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

🔴 Serious citation — any of:

  • A Type A violation is on record — CCLD's own most serious grade, meaning an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

⚫ Adverse license status — any of:

  • The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license

⚪ Not rated by the record

  • Inactive license: The license is not in active standing.
  • No visits on record: Actively licensed, but CCLD has published no visit report for this facility.

Worth knowing: California's public records don't always say whether a specific violation was later fixed, so we don't discount a Type A's severity by guessing at correction status — CCLD's own definition notes a Type A citation "will always be issued, even if the violation is corrected on the spot." A single Type A marks a facility Serious citation, matching CCLD's own grading directly.

Data sourced from California CCLD (CCLD Facility Search). Last updated: Sep 14, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with CCLD. Always verify with the CCLD Facility Search record (search Facility #010209297).

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