Woolly Mammoth Childcare & Preschool · Infant Center, Berkeley

1333 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702 · Alameda County

Closed Infant center

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Woolly Mammoth Childcare & Preschool was a licensed child care center in Berkeley, CA, licensed for up to 22 children. Its license is closed. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 5 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2 Type A citations

3 Type B citations

2 Inspections

1 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct 1

Other standards 1

Background checks 1

Training & qualifications 1

Supervision 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Oct 29, 2025 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(1)

Based on interviews a staff member took a preschool aged child in the infant center room and asked if they wanted to sleep with the babies which is a potential personal rights risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due Nov 12, 2025

Type B Oct 29, 2025 Complaint investigation Other standards

Infant care activities §101430(B)

Based on interviews a staff member has been telling the children shh go to sleep and lay down during nap time which is a potential personal rights risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due Nov 12, 2025

Type A Dec 15, 2022 Inspection Background checks

Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there was a staff who was not fingerprint cleared which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 16, 2022

Type A Dec 15, 2022 Inspection Training & qualifications

Infant Care Aide Teacher Qualifications and Duties §101416.3(b)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as an Aide was alone with two infants, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 16, 2022

Type B Dec 15, 2022 Inspection Supervision

Care and supervision of infants §101429(a)(2)(B)

Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there were no infant sleep logs for any of the infants in care, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jan 20, 2023

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Oct 29, 2025 Complaint investigation received Oct 22, 2025

Substantiated allegation:

Staff forced infants to fall back asleep

2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 22 children

License type Infant center

License status Closed

Licensed since Dec 20, 2018

Closed —

Licensee Emilia O'Toole & Mayra Dana

Last administrator Emilia O'Toole

State facility # 013423051

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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 013423051 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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