Special to The Enterprise

The Davis Progressive Business Exchange will meet from noon to 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Lamppost Pizza, 1260 Lake Blvd. in West Davis.

The speaker will be Alan Hirsch, who is a frequent political activist with a table at the Davis Farmers Market. He will talk about political donations in Yolo county and how Davis dominates the county in the number of political donors and amounts of money. He will be using data and figures for the November 2022 election.

Contact Bob Bockwinkel at 530-219-1896 or email been completed.

G. Richard Yamagata at yamagata@dcn.org for information.

The acquired branches were divested by Columbia Bank in connection with the pending merger of Columbia Banking System Inc., the parent company of Columbia Bank, and Umpqua Holdings Corporation. Fol- lowing the acquisition, all employees of these branches were retained by First Northern Bank and the branches will remain in operation as branches of First Northern Bank. deadline. The legal notice listed LDCO LLC of Sacramento as the buyer, and said the anticipated sale date was Feb. 14.

1910, now operates 14 fullservice branches serving Solano, Yolo, Sacramento, Placer, Contra Costa, Glenn, Colusa and the west slope of El Dorado County.

The outgoing owner is Charles R. Mitchell, whose office address is in Folsom.

Coincidentally, in the space that was once occupied by a second Baskin Robbins, Casablanca Restaurant is also changing hands. Ibrahim Zabad, who opened the restaurant in March 2021 in Anderson Plaza, is leaving the business to his brother-inlaw, who previously managed it.

The Mediterranean and Moroccan restaurant is at 640 W. Covell Blvd. It was closed temporarily during the transition. It reopened Jan. 19. Zabad, a political science professor at St. Bonaventure University in New York who splits his time in Davis, said running a restaurant proved to be too much of a burden on his academic career.

Dogtopia, the doggie day care coming to the El Macero Shopping Center, is still working through the permitting process with the city.

Cindy Hespe, who owns Dogtopia with her husband, Wayne Wiebe, said they hope to have a building permit soon. “I am hoping to start the buildout within a month,” she said. If all goes well, it could open this summer. It fills the former Tuesday Morning space at 417 Mace Blvd. Dogtopia is a franchised business that provides dog day care, boarding and “spa” treatments for canines.

Shu Shu’s Clothing & Accessories closed its store on Jan. 21. The high-end women’s boutique was at 227 E St., Suite 3, in the alley between Chipotle and Peet’s Owner Shokoufeh “Shu Shu” Hanjani, who opened the store in 2014, said she plans to do quarterly popups in and around Davis.

I reached out for info on Estelle Bakery & Pâtisserie (filling Konditorei location), Bull ’N Mouth (filling De Vere’s spot), Sit Lo Saigon (filling Thai Nakorn space) and Orangetheory Fitness (filling former Round Table location in South Davis) but did not hear back.

Missed a column? Wondering when a new Davis business is opening? Check my paywall-free Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses coming or going. It’s at https://bit. ly/DavisBusinesses. Look for the tabs for Restaurants Open, Restaurants Closed, Coming Soon and more.

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, email her at wendyedit@gmail. com