Discovery Time Children's Center · Preschool, Alhambra
Discovery Time Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Alhambra, CA, licensed for up to 58 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2014. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, and it was Type A (the most serious). It came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #18 of 30 centers in Alhambra and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observations, interviews, record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Child #1 not having an IMS plan on file for both medication #1 and medication #2, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Discovery Time Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Discovery Time Children's Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 24, 2026, for health-related services. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Discovery Time Children's Center compare with other daycares in Alhambra?
It is tied for #18 of 30 centers in Alhambra by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Discovery Time Children's Center last inspected?
Apr 24, 2026. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Discovery Time Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Discovery Time Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Alhambra, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Discovery Time Children's Center?
The licensee is Child Development Consortium Of Los Angeles INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Yvonne Hernandez.
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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 198017959 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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