Alameda County officials announced Monday the release of $17 million in emergency grants to more than 370 licensed child care providers across the county.  Childcare centers in Oakland, Hayward and Pleasanton started receiving checks Monday, officials said. Quinetta Lewis, director of St. Mary’s Center Preschool in Oakland said the $50,000 her school is receiving will help provide kids with better care.  “With these funds we can now focus on better facilities for our children, better wages for teachers, recreation centers…