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Gan B'nai Shalom at Congregation B'nai Shalom · Preschool, Walnut Creek

74 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 · Contra Costa County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 30, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Gan B'nai Shalom at Congregation B'nai Shalom was a licensed child care center in Walnut Creek, CA, licensed for up to 65 children. Its license closed around September 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once, investigated 4 complaints (1 substantiated) and issued 5 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations
5 Type B citations
1 Inspections
1 of 4 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Sep 16, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Sep 16, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 27, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 28, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Dec 5, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Oct 11, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Oct 11, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 30, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 17, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found May 5, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 4, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Records & paperwork 3
Training & qualifications 1
Background checks 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Aug 28, 2024 Case management visit (other) Records & paperwork
Personnel records §101217
A REVIEW OF RECORDS: which revealed 6 staff members do not have health screenings, TB test results and immunization records in file
Plan of correction due Sep 11, 2024
Type B Aug 28, 2024 Case management visit (other) Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662
A REVIEW OF RECORDS WHICH REVEALED STAFF MEMBERS MANDATED REPORTER CERTIFICATES HAVE EXPIRED.
Plan of correction due Sep 11, 2024
Type B Aug 17, 2023 Complaint investigation Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(f)
By 8/24/23 Licensee agreed to inform all parents about the incident and obtain acknowledgement. Verification to be submitted to Licensing. Per investigation, Licensee failed to report parents unusual incident of venomous snake sighting in the premises during day care hours while children were present in the vicinity. This poses a potential risk to health and safety of children.
Plan of correction due Aug 24, 2023
Type B Aug 17, 2023 Complaint investigation Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)(C)
By 8/24/23 Licensee agreed submit written statement of understanding of this regulation. Per investigation, Licensee failed to report unusual incident to Licensing of venomous snake sighting in the premises during day care hours while children were present in the vicinity. This poses a potential risk to health and safety of children.
Plan of correction due Aug 24, 2023
Type B Aug 4, 2022 Inspection Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. 2 staff SHANI ROSENBAUM and MELISSA MARICICH did not have fingerprint associations to the license. Director stated they attempted to send transfer requests to Licensing Office when staff were hired in 2018. She was under the impression they were associated. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 4, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Sep 16, 2025 Complaint investigation received Aug 27, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiated Sep 16, 2025 Complaint investigation received Sep 8, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiated Aug 27, 2025 Complaint investigation received Jun 25, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Substantiated Aug 17, 2023 Complaint investigation received Aug 11, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Reporting Requirements: Facility did not notify daycare children's parents of unusual incident
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 65 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Aug 16, 2005
Closed Sep 30, 2025
Licensee Congregation B'nai Shalom Of Contra Costa County
Last administrator Marla Medwin
State facility # 073405006

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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 073405006 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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