UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)   October 18, 2006
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                            City National Corporation
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

         1-10521                                          95-2568550
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(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)

               City National Center
400 North Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, California                90210
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                 (310) 888-6000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Items 2.02 and 7.01.    RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION and
                        REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

                    On October 18,  2006,  City  National  Corporation  issued a
                    press  release  reporting  its  financial  results  for  the
                    quarter  ended  September  30,  2006.  A copy  of the  press
                    release  is   attached   hereto  as  Exhibit   99.1  and  is
                    incorporated herein by reference.  This information is being
                    furnished  under both Item 2.02 (Results of  Operations  and
                    Financial   Condition)   and  Item   7.01   (Regulation   FD
                    Disclosure) of Form 8-K.

Item 9.01               FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

                    (d)  Press  release  dated  October 18, 2006  reporting  the
                         financial results of City National  Corporation for the
                         quarter ended September 30, 2006.



                                   SIGNATURES

     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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                                   CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION


October 18, 2006                                   /s/ Christopher J. Carey
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                                                   Christopher J. Carey
                                                   Executive Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                                   (Authorized Officer and
                                                    Principal Financial Officer)