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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The greater Los Angeles area is getting a new telephone area code. According to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), area code 738 will be activated as an "overlay" ...

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Los Angeles is adding a 12th area code to the region, starting November 1, as new users are assigned 738 to overlay the 213 and 323 area codes. The new area code, approved last March by the California ...

The greater Los Angeles area is getting a new telephone area code, according to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). But don’t panic. The CPUC says it is projected to run out of ...

New phone service customers within the 213 and 323 area code region of Los Angeles may be assigned to the new 738 area code, Spectrum announced Friday. The affected neighborhoods include downtown Los ...

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It may not carry the same ring as an emblem but 820 will be introduced as an area code in a region currently tattooed only by 805. The old area code will remain, according to a decision approved by ...

EAST BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- Something new is coming to the East Bay. It's a new area code: 341. Some might wonder, no big deal. It's just three numbers. There are a number of them already in existence ...

The announcement of a new area code coming to the Central Valley has sparked a conversation among those living in the 209. Kasey Sheffer recently moved to Stockton and said she wants to get a phone ...

Los Angeles already has more area codes than any other city in the nation, and now, state utility regulators have approved the county’s 11th. The new area code, 738, will overlay existing area codes ...