Item 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

The registrant is filing the slide presentation that it intends to present during a panel discussion at the Sandler O'Neill West Coast Financial Services Conference on March 3, 2009, in San Francisco, California. (See Item 8.01 of this report and the Press Release included in this report as Exhibit 99.167.) The slides are included as Exhibit 99.166 to this report. The information in the slides shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 8.01: Other Events

On February 26, 2009, the registrant issued a Press Release, "North Valley Bancorp to Present at the Sandler O'Neill West Coast Financial Services Conference". The Conference is scheduled to take place in San Francisco, California, on March 3, 2009. Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.167 and incorporated herein by this reference is a copy of the Press Release issued on February 26, 2009.

Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits (99.166) North Valley Bancorp Slide Presentation (99.167) Press Release dated February 26, 2009