Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in North Hills, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1998. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 5 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (3 of 4). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
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Based on observation the facility is missing a water entrance alarm or a pool cover, is not conducting daily inspections of the pool, prior to children arriving at the facility, and does not have a resuce pole with a body hook that is a minimum fixed length of 12 feet.
Based on interviews, The Licensee did not make sure to conduct Coivd-19 Health screenings during drop off, which poses a potential Health or Safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews, The Licensee did not make sure that staff 7 engage in proper staff child interactions, which poses a potential Health or Safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews, The Licensee did not make sure that staff 7 engage in proper staff child interactions, which poses a potential Health or Safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights: Facility is not following Covid-19 protocol.
Personal Rights: Staff hit child in care.
Personal Rights: Child in care was not accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff.
About this center
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 18, 2026, for pool safety. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
May 15, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kindercare Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kindercare Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes North Hills, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Knowledge Universe Education,llc, and the administrator listed with the state is Paige Martinez.
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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 191204383 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.