Move over 619, 760 and 858. There’s a new area code in the San Diego region and its name is 442. The code was actually created four years ago and covers the same region as 760, but until March — when ...

After considerable confusion, state regulators now say thedemise of the 760 area code in North County will apply to cellphones, too. To cope with steadily growing demand for new phone numbers, ...

In the near future, High Desert residents will need to start changing the way they make phone calls. In less than a year, new phone lines in what is now the 760 area code will receive a 442 area code ...

North County residents will now have to start dialing a 1 and the area code when placing calls. The Del Mar Times reported that the 11-digit dialing procedure will be mandatory for all residential and ...

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SAN DIEGO – North County residents and businesses are adjusting to the addition of a new 442 area code. The new area code includes Encinitas, Carlsbad Oceanside, Escondido, Ramona and Julian. The 442 ...

The new 442 area code will serve customers in the same region as the 760 area code. Beginning in May, callers in the 760 area code will have to dial 1-760, then the number. The 442 code will go into ...