Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Torrance, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 8 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 8 citations, 5 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (3 of 8). 5 citations came in the last 12 months, including 4 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #38 of 41 centers in Torrance and better than 1% of licensed centers statewide.
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101229Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision(a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.(1)No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 1 Director and assistant directorwill ensure all Staff are counting as they transition children Stall wiil ensure all children are in classroom with another head count before transiting to next activity. Staff are to watch "Supervising in 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met by evidence: Assistant Director was told by stranger C1 was left outside. S1 saw C1 outside talking to a stranger, S1 brought C1 in classroom, which poses an immediate health and safety risk to all persons in care. ChildCare Centers" CCLD video and answer questions. Answer will be placed in staff files for LPA review.
Personal Rights(2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations,furnishings and equipment to meet his her needs. (3)To be free from...or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living 1 Director will ensure no staff are taking breaks or non-paid lunch break in classroom spaces. Director will ensure staff come to work ready to engage with children in care, stay on task with transition activities and ensure staff remain awake and professional during daycare hours. including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding...aids to physical functioning. This requirement was not met by evidence: LPA conducted interviews. S1 was resting with eyes closed as C1,C2,C3,C4 and C5 were awake and C6 was sleep on floor without cot, which poses an immediate health and safety risk to all persons in care.
LPA observed.S1 and S2 engaged an a Ten minute conversation where S1 back was turned completely away from the children during outdoor activity time. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Interviews condcuted and documentation review. This pose/poses an Immediate Health and Safety risk to the children in care.
Interviews condcuted and record review. This pose/poses a potential Health and Safety risk to the children in care.
(a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1)To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 1 Director and/or assistant director will have one on one meetings with staff. This requirement was not met by evidence: S#1-S#4 disclosed witnessing multiple employee's consuming the children's personal snacks as well as facility snacks. 8
Director will call in to the Department within the next working business day This requirement was not as evidenced by: conducted interviews with director, assistant director, recent and current staff, C1, C2, C3 and C4, P1, P2 and P3 and received personnel documents.
Unassoicated Adult Female on premises.
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights-Staff consumes daycare children's food.
About this center
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning 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 Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 5 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 10, 2026, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 8 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Torrance?
It is tied for #38 of 41 centers in Torrance by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 1% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Jul 8, 2026. 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 Torrance, 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 Derek Weinmann.
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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 197405916 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.