Safari Kid - Hayward

26236 Adrian Avenue, Hayward, CA 94545 · Alameda County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 12, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Safari Kid - Hayward was a licensed child care center in Hayward, CA, licensed for up to 101 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

3Type B citations

2Inspections

0 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

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

What inspectors cited most

Records & paperwork1

Background checks1

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BJan 17, 2025InspectionRecords & paperwork

Sign-in and sign-out §101229.1(a)(1)

Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jan 22, 2025

Type BFeb 6, 2024InspectionBackground checks

Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(2)

Based onrecord review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Mar 6, 2024

Type BFeb 6, 2024Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)

Based on record review, the facility had 1 outlet in the Peach Room that had an ALE of 5.5ppb or greater which posed a potential health and safety risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due Mar 6, 2024

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedNov 18, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Sep 15, 2025

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

Not substantiatedJan 29, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Dec 16, 2024

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity101 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceFeb 9, 2023

ClosedDec 12, 2025

LicenseeLaugh And Learn Academy Corp.

Last administratorSeema Rathi

State facility #015700591

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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 015700591 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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