Patty's Pinole Child Care
Patty's Pinole Child Care is a licensed child care center in Pinole, CA, licensed for up to 45 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #322 of 418 centers in Contra Costa County and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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; Director will submit a written statement to LPA advising the safety of transporting children utilizing safety restraints at all times to ensure there are no future incidents by POC date of January 31, 2024. which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of the children in care. Children stated they had safety restraints while traveling to destination but did not when returning the facility.
A licensed child day care center... constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years... This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 The director indicated the facility only provides water jugs to children. By 12/29/2023 the director will submit a written waiver request along with any supporting documentation. Based on record review and interview the facility did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the written waiver request was submitted or the drinking water was tested prior to 01/01/2023, which poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8
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Complaint investigations
Personal Rights ~ Children taken offsite by staff.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Patty's Pinole Child Care take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Patty's Pinole Child Care had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jan 30, 2024, for transportation. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Patty's Pinole Child Care?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Patty's Pinole Child Care compare with other daycares in Contra Costa County?
It is tied for #322 of 418 centers in Contra Costa County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Patty's Pinole Child Care last inspected?
Sep 12, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Patty's Pinole Child Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Patty's Pinole Child Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Pinole, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Patty's Pinole Child Care?
The licensee is Patty's Pinole Child Care, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Patty Salinas.
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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 073405654 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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