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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state’s most controversial area code change--the addition of the 424 code in the region now covered by 310--is not yet a done deal, but today and Tuesday may be consumers’ last chance to protest ...

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The California Public Utilities Commission declined Thursday to split the 310 area code, saying there were enough telephone numbers available to meet demand for three more years. The board voted 4 to ...

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 ...