Exhibit 99.(a)(5)(vi)

                         California Independent Bancorp
                  Announces Final Results of Self Tender Offer


YUBA  CITY,  Calif.,  January 8, 2003  /PRNewswire/  --  California  Independent
Bancorp (Nasdaq: CIBN - News), announced today the final results of its modified
Dutch Auction tender offer which expired at 5:00 p.m.,  eastern time, on Monday,
December 30, 2002.

Based on the final count by the  depositary  for the tender  offer,  the Company
will purchase 76,292 shares of its common stock that were properly  tendered and
not withdrawn at a purchase price of $25.00 per share.

California Independent Bancorp,  through its subsidiary Feather River State Bank
(www.frsb.com),  engages in a broad range of financial service  activities.  Its
primary  market is in the  Sacramento  Valley,  with nine branches in Yuba City,
Arbuckle,  Colusa,  Marysville,  Wheatland,  Woodland,  Lincoln,  and Roseville,
California serving Sutter, Yuba, Colusa, Yolo, and Placer counties.