Live Oak

5099 Bear Creek Road, Lodi, CA 95240 · San Joaquin County

Child care center (preschool)

Live Oak is a licensed child care center in Lodi, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 24 centers in Lodi and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citationssince Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations

Tied for #1 of 24 centers in Lodi

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

3Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Feb 27, 2025

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity24 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceFeb 7, 2017

LicenseeLodi Unified School District

AdministratorTherese Zerka

Phone(209) 331-7252

State facility #393621424

Common questions

Does Live Oak take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Live Oak had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How does Live Oak compare with other daycares in Lodi?

It is tied for #1 of 24 centers in Lodi by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).

When was Live Oak last inspected?

Feb 27, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Live Oak cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Live Oak for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Joaquin County, which includes Lodi, was $798 a month for preschoolers (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Live Oak?

The licensee is Lodi Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Therese Zerka.

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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 393621424 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.