The San Fernando Valley got an additional area code on Saturday, and it changed the way numbers must be dialed. The state utilities commission approved the new area code in 2008, saying the vallley ...

LOS ANGELES — Telecommunications companies urged residents with an 818 area code to begin the new eleven-digit dialing procedure Saturday to get in the habit before it becomes mandatory next spring.

Look out 818, here comes the 747. The telephone area code that has defined the San Fernando Valley for two decades is running out, and a new one may be approved as early as next week. A recent ...

Due to a shortage of 818 area code telephone numbers, the California Public Utilities Commission has voted to create an overlay map for Calabasas and surrounding areas that now use the 818 area code.

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State utility officials voted Thursday to overlay a new area code in the San Fernando Valley -- an action that follows a decade of emotional debate and effectively ends the Valley’s longtime ...

LAist knows that if you live in Los Angeles (or its surrounding areas) and have a telephone, you have one of the following area codes: 310, 323, 213, 818, 805, 626 and/or 714/949. LAist also knows ...