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4CS Willow Creek State Preschool

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 32 children.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 7 licensing inspections since February 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • Sep 15, 2026Nothing cited
  • Sep 25, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jul 30, 2024Nothing cited
  • May 3, 2024Nothing cited
  • Apr 4, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jun 16, 2023Nothing cited
  • Feb 8, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 7 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 7 times had at least one: 81% of 145.

How all 145 Bay Area centers inspected 7 times compare

Of the 145 Bay Area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None19%This center
  • 1 of 726%
  • 2 of 726%
  • 3 of 715%
  • 4 of 710%
  • 5 of 73%
  • 6 of 71%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
September 15, 2026
On file
7 visits since February 2023 — all of them cited nothing · 3 complaint investigations
Most serious
Type B — 101229 (a)(1) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children’s needs. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time.... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and evidences, staff did not observe when one child (C1) fell from a play structure resulting in an injury. This poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care. · February 19, 2026

California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.

Sep 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2026 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · May 5, 2026

ALLEGATION(S): Child sustained injuries due to staff neglect or physical abuse. Staff did not meet the diapering needs of a daycare child. Staff did not meet health related services for a daycare child. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: A subsequent complaint investigation visit was conducted today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), S.P., who met with Site Supervisor, O.P. (SS), for the purpose of delivering a complaint investigation finding for the above allegations. LPA previously conducted an inspection on 05/08/2026 to initiate the investigation and met with Site Supervisor to discuss the allegations, conduct interview(s), make observations, and request documents. It was alleged that a child sustained injuries due to staff neglect or physical abuse and that staff did not meet health related services for a daycare child. Specifically, that Child 1 (C1) sustained multiple injuries while in care and staff do not provide any medical treatment. It’s also alleged that staff did not meet the diapering needs of a daycare child specifically that C1 has been left in the same diaper for hours on multiple occasions. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews with Site Supervisor (SS), Program Director, J.C. (PD), two staff (S1 – S2) & three parents (P1 – P3) and attempted six additional parent interviews from 05/08/2026 to 07/16/2026. Continued on LIC9099-C. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Nov 2025 Complaint Substantiated

Complaint · November 26, 2025

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B

101229 (a)(1) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children’s needs. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time.... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and evidences, staff did not observe when one child (C1) fell from a play structure resulting in an injury. This poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care.

State report

Sep 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jul 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(707) 570-2607
Address
2536 Marlow Road, Santa Rosa, 95403
License
493006901

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All checked November 2026.

State record

The state’s licensing transparency data reports 2 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 2 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=1, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=3, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=1. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.

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