The San Fernando Valley got an additional area code on Saturday, and it changed the way numbers must be dialed. The state utilities commission approved the new area code in 2008, saying the vallley ...

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Look out 818, here comes the 747. The telephone area code that has defined the San Fernando Valley for two decades is running out, and a new one may be approved as early as next week. A recent ...

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Facing a dwindling number of available phone numbers for a growing number of San Fernando Valley residents, California officials began holding a series of public hearings Monday on how to introduce a ...

LOS ANGELES — Telecommunications companies urged residents with an 818 area code to begin the new eleven-digit dialing procedure Saturday to get in the habit before it becomes mandatory next spring.

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