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UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
        DC 20549
FORM
        8-K
CURRENT
        REPORT PURSUANT
TO
        SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
        of
        report July 26, 2005
Heritage
        Oaks Bancorp
(Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
California
(State
        or
        Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-05020
77-0388249
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification
                  No.)
545
                  12th Street, Paso Robles CA
93446
(Address
                  of Principal Executive
(Zip
                  Code)
Offices)
(805)
        239-5200
(Registrant's
        Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
        Name or Former Address, 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
        7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Lawrence
        P. Ward, President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Oaks Bancorp (the
        "Company") will be attending the Keefe Bruyette & Woods Annual Community
        Bank Investor Conference in New York, NY on July 27, 2005. He will be giving
        a
        presentation reviewing the Company's financial performance for the second quarter
        of 2005 and the Company's strategic focus. A copy of the presentation is
        attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
ITEM
        9.01(c) Exhibits
99.1
        Presentation for Keefe Bruyette & Woods Investor Conference July 27, 2005.
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.
Date:
        July 26, 2005
Heritage
                Oaks Bancorp
By:
/s/
                Lawrence Ward
Lawrence
                  Ward
President
                  and Chief Executive
                  Officer
By:
/s/
                Margaret Torres
Margaret Torres
Chief
                Financial Officer
EXHIBIT
        INDEX
Exhibit
                Number
Description
99.1
Presentation for Investor Conference on July 27,
                2005.