by Zog | Nov 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
For more than 50 years, the Kalisky Family has been baking bread in Davis. It started as a hobby with Trudy and Mo Kalisky making bread as UC Davis graduate students. From there it turned into a successful baking enterprise that served farmer’s markets throughout the...
by Zog | Dec 4, 2020 | Local Events
Elf on a Shelf Elf on a Shelf is the new Where’s Waldo! Beloved to children, we have joined this recent fad that has swept the nation. Families are invited to go on a scavenger hunt and visit participating downtown businesses to snap a selfie with the elf. Complete...
by Zog | Oct 18, 2020 | Local Events
Families, friends and visitors will have 6 days to solve riddles in downtown Davis and gather mini prizes along the way. Unlock enough mysteries and enter to win one of several GRAND PRIZES! GRAND PRIZES include: • Pizza for a year at Woodstock’s Pizza* • Shave...
by Zog | Jul 3, 2013 | Historical
The Davis Arch, one of the most striking structures in early downtown Davis, no longer exists. It spanned 2nd Street at G, between buildings # 6 and # 7, welcoming visitors from the depot (# 8) and proclaiming “Davis” to be “Gateway to Yolo County” and “Home of the...
by Zog | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
303 B Street Another structure without Historical Resource designation is the building which currently serves as the Davis Enterprise Circulation Department. In addition to administering justice and publishing a newspaper, William Scott (See A above) operated several...
by Zog | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
301 B Street This house, which currently houses the popular bakery Cicolat, is not a designated Historic Resource and is probably not significant structurally. It has definite historical significance, however, as it was the home of Judge William Scott and his wife...
by Zog | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
221 – 225 G Street The present two story structure was formally dedicated in 1917, although the Masonic Lodge of Davis had been chartered in1873. An earlier Masonic Hall, located just south of this building, had burned in 1916, and prior to the construction of...
by Zog | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
137 C Street This structurally impressive residence stands as a symbol of what could be accomplished “starting on a shoestring” by diligent and hard working immigrants in the early days of California. Mathew Clancy, an Irish immigrant who settled in Davisville in...
by Zog | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
337 B Street Built in 1894, this Victorian cottage predates the establishment of the University Farm and the subdivision of the area into residential lots. It is an example of a simple Queen Anne and is one of two pre-20th century houses in what is now the University...
by Zog | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
232 B Street John Jacobson, a carpenter employed by the University, built this one story bungalow, which fuses the Craftsman with the Colonial Revival styles in 1914. He also built other houses in the neighborhood, mainly working for professors he met on campus. He...
