Orange County could be getting a fourth area code – 657 – by next year. A projected shortage of phone numbers in the 714 area code is prompting state regulators to hold public hearings later this ...

Now that Orange County residents in the 714 area code have had a month to get used to dialing 11 digits just to call next door, we turn our attention south. The 760 area code in the San Diego area ...

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Go ahead and order that second phone line. A recent state analysis of telephone numbers concludes that there are still plenty of digits to go around in the 714 area code, dampening chances the area ...

A shortage of phone numbers in the 714 area code that includes parts of Costa Mesa and neighboring cities could prompt the addition of a new 657 area code. The exchange is expected to run out of new ...

POMONA >> The public got its first chance to hear from the California Public Utilities Commission and its plans to introduce a new area code to the region served by the 909 — which includes cities ...