Rising Stars Child Development Center · Infant Center, Gardena
Rising Stars Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Gardena, CA, licensed for up to 8 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2016. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (2 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #19 of 20 centers in Gardena and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.
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101416.5(b) Staff-Infant Ratio There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. This deficiency is evidenced by: 1 Director will ensure that the facility is operating within proper ratios at all times. The director will submit a plan of correction to the Department by 9/28/23 on how this will be maintained. A copy of the report will be provided to the parents by 9/28/23. Upon arrival, LPA Wheatley observed Staff #1 R. Prasad sitting in her car. LPA observed Ms. Prada quickly get out of her car and run into the facilty. LPA enter the facility and inspected the infant room.LPA observed Ms. Prada with staff member #2 Isis with 6 infants. There were no extra staff members on the premises for the infant room. 8
LPA observed the facility over capacity with 9 infants in the infant room. The licensee failed to operate within the maximum capacity of 8 children/infants. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
The director failed to report five (5) cases of Hand Foot Mouth Disease to Community Care Licensing Division.This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
The director failed to report five (5) cases of Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease to the Los Angeles Public Health Department. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility staff failed to follow reporting requirements for a communicable disease.
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Common questions
Does Rising Stars Child Development Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Rising Stars Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 27, 2023, for staff-infant ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Rising Stars Child Development Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Rising Stars Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Gardena?
It is #19 of 20 centers in Gardena by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Rising Stars Child Development Center last inspected?
Sep 11, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Rising Stars Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Rising Stars Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Gardena, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Rising Stars Child Development Center?
The licensee is Mdbb, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Gabriela Garcia.
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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 197492927 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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