State Fines Dublin Day Care $10,000

California regulators said Building Kidz of Dublin was responsible for the death of a 2-year-old boy and fined the child care center $10,000. (pleasantonweekly.com) The California Department of Social Services concluded that staff at the Dublin Boulevard center failed to supervise the boy on April 15, 2025, and left him outside alone for about 15 minutes. The child was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at a hospital, according to Dublin Police Services and state investigators. (pleasantonweekly.com) (patch.com) The center is Building Kidz of Dublin at 6351 Dublin Boulevard, a licensed day care center with capacity for 60 children, according to the state’s facility database. Its license was issued on November 3, 2022. (ccld.dss.ca.gov) (buildingkidzschool.com) State forms set a $10,000 civil penalty when a violation results in a child’s death, and Pleasanton Weekly reported that regulators imposed that maximum in this case. California child care centers are regulated under Title 22 licensing rules enforced by the Department of Social Services. (cdss.ca.gov 1) (cdss.ca.gov 2) (pleasantonweekly.com) The death investigation followed other complaints at the same center. Patch reported that state investigators had examined six complaints since 2024 and substantiated two before this case: one tied to playground supervision in June 2024 and another in February 2025 for failing to notify parents about an injury. (patch.com) Building Kidz told NBC Bay Area, as quoted by Patch, that “the loss of a child is a tragedy” and said it was cooperating with investigators and had provided video footage. Patch also reported that Dublin police determined the child’s death was not criminal in nature. (patch.com) The state database shows an inspection visit at the facility on April 15, 2025, the day the boy died, and another on February 3, 2026. The center remains listed as licensed as of the latest state record available. (ccld.dss.ca.gov) The fine closes one part of the case a year after the child’s death, but it leaves the center facing a public record that now ties the maximum state penalty to a supervision failure. (pleasantonweekly.com)