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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

          PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
                    EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.   )

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                          FOOTHILL INDEPENDENT BANCORP
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                                    THANK YOU
                          FOOTHILL INDEPENDENT BANCORP
                                  SHAREHOLDERS

We would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for the OVERWHELMING
  SUPPORT you have given us. With such a strong show of support from you, our
     shareholders, we are more confident than ever that we will be able to
      successfully implement our plan for enhancing shareholder value. We
     look forward to seeing you at our Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 25th
      at 4:30 in the afternoon at the Glendora Country Club. If you should
      have any questions, please contact any one of us at (800) 500-BANK.

P.S.   Please remember to bring your WHITE proxy cards to the Meeting.


/s/ WILLIAM V. LANDECENA                /s/ GEORGE LANGLEY
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William V. Landecena                    George Langley


/s/ RICHARD GALICH                      /s/ ORVILLE L. MESTAD
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Richard Galich                          Orville L. Mestad


/s/ DONNA MILTENBERGER                  /s/ GEORGE SELLERS
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Donna Miltenberger                      George Sellers


/s/ MAX E. WILLIAMS
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Max E. Williams


(BOARD SIGNATURES)

(BANCORP LOGO)

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Certain Information. Foothill Independent Bancorp is soliciting proxies for the
election of the Board's nominees at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be
held on May 25, 1999 and may solicit revocations of any proxies delivered to
Basswood Financial Partners, L.P. Foothill and the following individuals may be
deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies by Foothill: William
V. Landecena; George E. Langley; Donna Miltenberger; Tom Kramer; Richard Galich;
O. L. Mestad; George Sellers; and Max E. Williams. As of April 2, 1999, those
individuals beneficially owned, in the aggregate, 1,239,464 shares of Foothill
Common Stock.