Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A July 19, 1984, Los Angeles Times article about area codes contained a map of the two — count them, two — area codes for Los ...

Four years after attempts to split the 310 area code sparked protests from Santa Monica to San Pedro, a state regulatory judge will propose later this week that the South Bay should be broken off to ...

The 310 area code would be replaced with a new area code for all cell phone users under a plan backed by the California Public Utilities Commission that is likely to stir complaints in the politically ...

Residents and businesses on L.A.’s Westside and in the South Bay will have to dial 11 digits to make local calls starting next July as the state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday unanimously ...

Loretta Lynch is a commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission. The California Public Utilities Commission is poised to split the 310 and 909 area codes this summer based on the ...

In the modern era, where phone numbers are portable and geography is less tied to a person’s culture, area codes still hold a surprising amount of social weight. While the seven digits following an ...

*310. 212. 213. 312. If you know, you know. Over nearly 80 years, area codes have come to signify regional identities and a deep connection to a place. So what happens when tech and population growth ...

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Guest host Judy Muller discusses the new "424" area code overlay. LAist is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that is also home to L.A.’s largest NPR station broadcasting at 89.3 FM. We center our ...