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San Francisco-based Pacific Bank, seeking to expand into Southern California, has agreed to acquire Los Angeles-based Sterling West Bancorp for about $11.8 million in cash, or about $6.88 a share. The merger agreement comes a day after Salt Lake City-based Zions Bancorp agreed to purchase FP Bancorp of Escondido for $90 million and continues the consolidation trend among independent banks in California. . . . Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Linda Griego and Lonnie Kane, president of Los Angeles-based apparel maker Karen Kane Inc., were appointed to the board of the L.A. office of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. . . . Los Angeles-based public relations consulting firm StellarQuest Inc. appointed Victoria Pevan as chief executive and Emily M. Olsen as president.

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