San Jose · Licensed center

Safari Kid-Almaden

At a glance

Medium center, licensed for 75 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since December 2021.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Jul 30, 20251 citation
- HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)Type B
  “(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and records review Staff S4, S5, & S6 were missing immunization record which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)
Sep 19, 20235 citations
- HSC 1597.16(a)(1)Type B
  “(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was 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 after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited. Licensee has not had drinking water tested for lead contamination upon today's inspection which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  HSC 1597.16(a)(1)
- HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)Type B
  “(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record reviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain current mandated reporter training certificates for staff S1 and S2 which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)
- HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)Type B
  “(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain immunization records for staff assistant, S4 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)
- CCR 101216(g)(1)Type B
  “(1) Except as specified in (3) below, good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or seven days after employment or licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain LIC503 Health Screening form for staff S2, S3 and S4 on file during today's inspectionwhich poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  CCR 101216(g)(1)
- CCR 101639.2(b)Type B
  “101639.2 Drinking Water (b) Each child shall use a cup or bottle labeled with his/her name, or a single-use disposable cup This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed drinking water bottle of preschool children (i.e C6 and C7 ) were not labeled with child's name which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care”
  CCR 101639.2(b)
Dec 2, 2021Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 3 times had fewer: 85% of 568 had rules cited at 1 or none.

How all 568 Bay Area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 568 Bay Area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None51%
1 of 334%
2 of 312%This center
All 33%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit: July 30, 2025
On file: 3 visits since December 2021 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious: Type B — (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and records review Staff S4, S5, & S6 were missing immunization record which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · July 30, 2025

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Jul 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 30, 2025

HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) · Type B

(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and records review Staff S4, S5, & S6 were missing immunization record which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Sep 2023 Licensing visit 5 findings

Licensing visit · September 19, 2023

HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B

(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was 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 after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited. Licensee has not had drinking water tested for lead contamination upon today's inspection which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

HSC 1596.8662(b)(1) · Type B

(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record reviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain current mandated reporter training certificates for staff S1 and S2 which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) · Type B

(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain immunization records for staff assistant, S4 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101216(g)(1) · Type B

(1) Except as specified in (3) below, good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or seven days after employment or licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain LIC503 Health Screening form for staff S2, S3 and S4 on file during today's inspectionwhich poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101639.2(b) · Type B

101639.2 Drinking Water (b) Each child shall use a cup or bottle labeled with his/her name, or a single-use disposable cup This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed drinking water bottle of preschool children (i.e C6 and C7 ) were not labeled with child's name which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care

State report

Dec 2021 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone: (408) 600-6031
Address: 6436 Bose Ln, San Jose, 95120
License: 434414329

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All checked November 2026.

State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov

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.