More local phone customers are giving out a new area code to their contacts — 442. The area code overlay is starting to be assigned to landline and wireless customers in the Victor Valley and Barstow.

When the new 442 area code overlay goes into effect on May 2,everyone in the 760 area code should dial the full number for allcalls. That’s one of the steps telephone companies say callers shouldtake ...

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 ...

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 ...

NORTH COUNTYNORTH COUNTY — 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 ...