SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 _____________

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 11, 2003

                                 _____________

                         CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT BANCORP
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

        California                 0-26552                 68-0349947
     (State or Other       (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
       Jurisdiction                                    Identification No.)
     of Incorporation)

            1227 Bridge St., Suite C                         95991
                 Yuba City, CA                             (Zip Code)
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (530) 674-6000

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5. Other Events

     California  Independent  Bancorp  announced  that they have agreed to enter
into a definitive  agreement with Humboldt  Bancorp pursuant to which California
Independent Bancorp will merge into  Humboldt  Bancorp.  California  Independent
Bancorp is the holding company for Feather River State Bank, based in Yuba City,
California.  The press  release  issued on August 12, 2003  regarding the events
outlined above appears as an exhibit to this report.

Item 7. Financial  Statements and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits

          99.1 Press release dated August 12, 2003.


                                                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT BANCORP

Date: August 12, 2003                     By:    /s/ Kevin R. Watson
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Name:        Kevin R. Watson
                                       Title:  Chief Financial Officer/Corporate
                                              Secretary (Principal Financial and
                                                   Accounting Officer)
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 _____________

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 11, 2003

                                 _____________

                         CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT BANCORP
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

        California                 0-26552                 68-0349947
     (State or Other       (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
       Jurisdiction                                    Identification No.)
     of Incorporation)

            1227 Bridge St., Suite C                         95991
                 Yuba City, CA                             (Zip Code)
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (530) 674-6000

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5. Other Events

     California  Independent  Bancorp  announced  that they have agreed to enter
into a definitive  agreement with Humboldt  Bancorp pursuant to which California
Independent Bancorp will merge into  Humboldt  Bancorp.  California  Independent
Bancorp is the holding company for Feather River State Bank, based in Yuba City,
California.  The press  release  issued on August 12, 2003  regarding the events
outlined above appears as an exhibit to this report.

Item 7. Financial  Statements and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits

          99.1 Press release dated August 12, 2003.

                                                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT BANCORP

Date: August 12, 2003                     By:    /s/ Kevin R. Watson
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Name:        Kevin R. Watson
                                       Title:  Chief Financial Officer/Corporate
                                              Secretary (Principal Financial and
                                                   Accounting Officer)