John R. MacKall, Director at PACIFIC CAPITAL BANCORP /CA/ (PCBC), bought 10,000 shares at $17.76 ($178K) on 2007-11-09, disclosed to the SEC on 2007-11-13.
Open-market purchase of $178k PCBC by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Nothing distinguishes this filing.