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                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;&#160;&#160;October
                    31, 2006 (October 25,
                    2006)</div>
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                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&#160;VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP</strong></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><strong>Item
        5.02.&#160; Departure of Directors or Principal
        Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal
        Officers.</strong></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)
          <strong>Appointment of Principal Officers</strong></font></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
          October 31, 2006,&#160;Vineyard National Bancorp (the "Company")&#160;announced
          the&#160;appointment of&#160;John Christopher Walsh&#160;to the position
          of&#160;Executive Vice President and&#160;Chief Banking Officer and Donald H.
          Pelgrim, Jr. to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief
          Administrative Officer of its operating subisidary, Vineyard Bank (the
          "Bank").</font></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
          Walsh&#160; has over twenty-five years of experience in lending, business
          development and team management in Southern California.&#160; Starting his
          career with Security Pacific National Bank, he has held senior management
          positions with Bank of California, U.S. Trust, California Bank &amp; Trust and
          was the President of Sunwest Bank. Immediately prior to joining the Company,
          he
          was the Executive Vice President and Head of Relationship Banking at Commercial
          Capital Bank.&#160; Mr. Walsh&#160;is 48 years old.</font></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">Mr.
          Walsh's employment with the&#160;Bank commenced on October 25,
          2006.&#160;&#160;As Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer of the
          Bank,&#160;Mr. Walsh&#160;will receive&#160;a&#160;base salary&#160;of $250,000
          per annum, and upon employment,&#160;he&#160;was granted&#160;12,500 shares of
          the Company's restricted stock, which cliff vest after four years of
          employment.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There
          are
          no family relationships between&#160;Mr. Walsh&#160;and directors or executive
          officers of the Company, and Mr. Walsh has not had any material interest
          in any
          transactions of the Company. </font></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
          Pelgrim has been employed with the&#160;Bank since October 2004 as Senior Vice
          President and Director of Strategic Partners and has twenty-two years of
          experience in the financial sector.&#160; Immediately prior to his employment
          with the Bank, Mr. Pelgrim worked as an attorney at Rutan &amp; Tucker, LLP with
          an emphasis in corporate, securities, and real estate financial law.&#160; Mr.
          Pelgrim is 44 years old.</font></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">Mr.
          Pelgrim will move into his new role with the&#160;Bank
          effective November 1, 2006.&#160; As Executive Vice President and
          Chief&#160;Administrative Officer of the Bank,&#160;Mr.&#160;Pelgrim&#160;will
          receive&#160;a&#160;base salary&#160;of $225,000 per annum and will be granted
          10,000 shares of the Company's restricted stock, which cliff vest after
          four
          years of employment.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There
          are
          no family relationships between&#160;Mr.&#160;Pelgrim&#160;and directors or
          executive officers of the Company, and Mr.&#160;Pelgrim has not had any material
          interest in any transactions of the Company. </font></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">In
          conjunction with their new roles at the Bank,&#160;Mr. Walsh
          and Mr. Pelgrim&#160;will receive&#160;two year change of control
          agreements&#160;with the Bank, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
          10.1.&#160;&#160;They are also eligible for incentive and bonus plans at the
          discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
          copy of
          the press release announcing&#160;the Bank's new executive officers is attached
          hereto as Exhibit 99.1. </font></div>
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        9.01.&#160; Financial Statements and
        Exhibits</strong></div>
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        following exhibits
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        Report:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<br></div>
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Form of change of control agreement</font></div>
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Form 8-K New executive officer
UNITED
        STATES
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
October
                    31, 2006 (October 25,
                    2006)
Date
                    of Report (Date of earliest event
                    reported)
VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP
(Exact
                    name of registrant as specified in
                    its charter)
California
000-20862
33-0309110
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification
                  No.)
1260 Corona
                Pointe
                Court, Corona, California
92879
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(951)271-4232
(Registrant's
                      telephone number, including area
                      code)
Not
                      Applicable
(Former
                      name, former address and former fiscal
                      year, if changed since last
                      report)
Check
          the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
          to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
          any of
          the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written communications
          pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material
          pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
          communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
          240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
          communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
          240.13e-4(c))
Item
        5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal
        Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal
        Officers.
(c)
Appointment of Principal Officers
On
          October 31, 2006, Vineyard National Bancorp (the "Company") announced
          the appointment of John Christopher Walsh to the position
          of Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer and Donald H.
          Pelgrim, Jr. to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief
          Administrative Officer of its operating subisidary, Vineyard Bank (the
          "Bank").
Mr.
          Walsh  has over twenty-five years of experience in lending, business
          development and team management in Southern California.  Starting his
          career with Security Pacific National Bank, he has held senior management
          positions with Bank of California, U.S. Trust, California Bank & Trust and
          was the President of Sunwest Bank. Immediately prior to joining the Company,
          he
          was the Executive Vice President and Head of Relationship Banking at Commercial
          Capital Bank.  Mr. Walsh is 48 years old.
Mr.
          Walsh's employment with the Bank commenced on October 25,
          2006.  As Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer of the
          Bank, Mr. Walsh will receive a base salary of $250,000
          per annum, and upon employment, he was granted 12,500 shares of
          the Company's restricted stock, which cliff vest after four years of
          employment.
There
          are
          no family relationships between Mr. Walsh and directors or executive
          officers of the Company, and Mr. Walsh has not had any material interest
          in any
          transactions of the Company.
Mr.
          Pelgrim has been employed with the Bank since October 2004 as Senior Vice
          President and Director of Strategic Partners and has twenty-two years of
          experience in the financial sector.  Immediately prior to his employment
          with the Bank, Mr. Pelgrim worked as an attorney at Rutan & Tucker, LLP with
          an emphasis in corporate, securities, and real estate financial law.  Mr.
          Pelgrim is 44 years old.
Mr.
          Pelgrim will move into his new role with the Bank
          effective November 1, 2006.  As Executive Vice President and
          Chief Administrative Officer of the Bank, Mr. Pelgrim will
          receive a base salary of $225,000 per annum and will be granted
          10,000 shares of the Company's restricted stock, which cliff vest after
          four
          years of employment.
There
          are
          no family relationships between Mr. Pelgrim and directors or
          executive officers of the Company, and Mr. Pelgrim has not had any material
          interest in any transactions of the Company.
In
          conjunction with their new roles at the Bank, Mr. Walsh
          and Mr. Pelgrim will receive two year change of control
          agreements with the Bank, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
          10.1.  They are also eligible for incentive and bonus plans at the
          discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.
A
          copy of
          the press release announcing the Bank's new executive officers is attached
          hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
        9.01.  Financial Statements and
        Exhibits
(a)   
Not
        applicable
(b)   
Not
        applicable
(c)   
Not
        applicable
(d)    The
        following exhibits
        are included with this
        Report:
Exhibit
            10.1  
Form of change of control agreement
Exhibit
            99.1   Press release dated October 31, 2006
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto
        duly authorized.
VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP
Date:
                      October 31, 2006
By:
/s/
                    Gordon Fong
Gordon Fong
Executive
                    Vice President and Chief Financial
                    Officer