Due to a shortage of 818 area code telephone numbers, the California Public Utilities Commission has voted to create an overlay map for Calabasas and surrounding areas that now use the 818 area code.

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.

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 ...

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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Residents of the Conejo and San Fernando Valleys will soon need to change how they make their local phone calls. Beginning April 18, all calls within the 818 area code area will require 11-digit ...

Nearly half of the 8 million phone numbers in the 818 area code are not being used, eliminating any immediate need to split the San Fernando Valley into two area codes or establish an “overlay,” state ...

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