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

                               September 19, 2007
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                        (Date of earliest event reported)


                      HARRINGTON WEST FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


      Delaware                        0-50066                   48-1175170
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  (State or other             (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
   jurisdiction                                             Identification No.)
 of incorporation)


610 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, California                                93463
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(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)


                                 (805) 688-6644
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
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              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                         if changed since last report)




Table of Contents
Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT 99.1




Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.

         Harrington  West Financial  Group,  Inc.  (Nasdaq:  HWFG),  the holding
company  for Los  Padres  Bank,  FSB and its  division  Harrington  Bank,  today
announced that Craig J. Cerny,  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer,  will be
participating in a West Coast Banking panel at the RBC Capital Markets Financial
Institutions  Conference  on  Wednesday,  September  26 at  7:45  a.m.  (eastern
daylight time) to be held at the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown,  Massachusetts.
This      60      minute      discussion      will      be      webcast      via
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc79/panel10  and will be available for  rebroadcast
30 days following the conference.

         A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibits are included with this Report:

Exhibit 99.1.




                                    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.

                           HARRINGTON WEST FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.


                           By: /s/ Craig J. Cerny
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                               Craig J. Cerny
                               Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer


Date:    September 19, 2007.