EXHIBIT 99.1

  American River Bankshares Announces the Results of their 2008 Annual Meeting

                              Amended May 29, 2008

Sacramento, CA, May 27, 2008 - The Board of Directors of American River
Bankshares (NASDAQ - GS: AMRB), announced the re-election of three Directors at
their Annual Meeting held Thursday, May 22nd in Sacramento, California.

Shareholders re-elected Dorene C. Dominguez, Stephen H. Waks and Michael A.
Ziegler as Director, each of whose current term expired at the 2008 Annual
Meeting and their new term will expire in 2009. Directors continuing in office
through 2009 are Charles D. Fite, Robert J. Fox, and Roger J. Taylor, DDS. and
directors continuing in office through 2010 are Amador S. Bustos, William A.
Robotham, and David T. Taber.

The amendment of the Company's Articles of Incorporation to declassify the Board
of Directors was approved by a majority of votes cast and additionally, the
selection of Perry-Smith LLP as independent registered public accountants for
American River Bankshares was ratified by a majority of votes cast. Perry-Smith
LLP has served the Company since 1990.

In his annual report to shareholders, David Taber, President and CEO of American
River Bankshares, discussed the Company's performance in 2007, including share
price, non-performing loans, financial metrics and business banking initiatives.

To listen to or download Mr. Taber's complete comments, please visit
http://amrb.podbean.com.


About American River Bankshares
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American River Bankshares [NASDAQ - GS: AMRB] is the parent company of American
River Bank ("ARB"), a community business bank serving Sacramento, CA that
operates a family of financial services providers, including North Coast Bank [a
division of "ARB"] in Sonoma County and Bank of Amador [a division of "ARB"] in
Amador County. For more information, please call 916-851-0123 or visit
www.amrb.com; www.americanriverbank.com; www.northcoastbank.com; or
www.bankofamador.com.

Forward-Looking Statement
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Certain statements contained herein are forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from the results in these forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, among other
matters, changes in interest rates, economic conditions, governmental regulation
and legislation, credit quality, and competition affecting the Company's
businesses generally; the risk of natural disasters and future catastrophic
events including terrorist related incidents; and other factors discussed in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and
in subsequent reports filed on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The Company does not
undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of these
forward-looking statements, whether to reflect new information, future events or
otherwise.



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