Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center
Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in Carson, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #8 of 18 centers in Carson and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above S2, S3, & S4 were missing the mandated reporter training for child abuse which poses a potential health, safety to persons in care.
The facility flushed the water faucet and had it retested on February 2, 2023. The resutls from the test shows that the water faucet has an action level of less than 1.00.ppb. LPA obtained a copy of the test report. The defiency was cleared during inspection. record review. Lead test results showed that one water source had an action level exceedence of 32.11 ppb. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care. The water source is located in the purple room which is not in use by the children in care and is inaccessible.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center compare with other daycares in Carson?
It is tied for #8 of 18 centers in Carson by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center last inspected?
Sep 23, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Carson, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Lakeshore Kids & Co. Day Care Center?
The licensee is Lakeshore Kids & Co., and the administrator listed with the state is Kathleen Jewell.
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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 191608256 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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