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Building Kidz Palo Alto · Infant Center, Palo Alto

415 Lambert Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 · Santa Clara County
Closed Infant center
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jul 31, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Building Kidz Palo Alto was a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 15 children. Its license closed around July 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 4 times, investigated 2 complaints (2 substantiated) and issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations
4 Type B citations
4 Inspections
2 of 2 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Mar 26, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Jan 9, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Aug 1, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Jul 19, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Jul 19, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Oct 3, 2023 · Inspection · no citation May 10, 2023 · Inspection · citation found Nov 1, 2021 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety 2
Staff ratios 1
Training & qualifications 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation Building & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)(1)
Based on observations and interviews, the director did not comply with the section cited above as ants were observed to be present in locations where bibs and diapers were stored and on the ground/walls, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type B Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation Staff ratios
Staff-infant ratio §101416.5(b)(1)(A)
Based on observations and interviews, the director did not comply with the section cited above as the ratio was more than 1 staff to 4 infants and the lead teacher is not a fully qualified infant teacher, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type B May 10, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed two staff members with a expired mandated reporter training certificate, director stated that Staff forgot to update mandated reporter training.
Plan of correction due May 15, 2023
Type B Nov 1, 2021 Inspection Building & playground safety
Carbon monoxide detectors §1596.954
Based on LPA's observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above (no working carbon monoxide detector on the premises) which poses as a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 1, 2021

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation received Jun 25, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Physical Plant: Facility staff are not keeping the facility free of pests.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Substantiated Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation received Jun 25, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Ratio: Facility staff are out of ratio.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 15 children
License type Infant center
License status Closed
Licensed since Sep 10, 2019
Closed Jul 31, 2025
Licensee Ap Venture LLC
Last administrator Cathy Bui
State facility # 435700717

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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 435700717 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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