Area code 424 in California is an overlay for the well-known and desirable 310 area code. That means both 310 and 424 area codes cover the same geographic region. That region covers some of the most ...

A renewed request by phone companies to create a second area code in the 310 area prompted a letter, sent Monday, arguing against the change from three lawmakers to the state Public Utilities ...

Re “The Prefix Is In,” June 4: For any Westsider who feels status-threatened by losing the 310 prefix, I suggest calling this number: 1-800-GET-A-LIFE. Eleven-digit dialing seems to be one of the main ...

Residents and businesses on L.A.’s Westside and in the South Bay will have to dial 11 digits to make local calls starting next July as the state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday unanimously ...

A July 19, 1984, Los Angeles Times article about area codes contained a map of the two — count them, two — area codes for Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times archive / newspapers.com) Long ago, when the ...

If your phone has ever lit up with a call from a 424 area code, you might have wondered where it’s coming from. The 424 area code is a relatively new addition to the North American Numbering Plan, ...

The 310 area code would be replaced with a new area code for all cell phone users under a plan backed by the California Public Utilities Commission that is likely to stir complaints in the politically ...

Westside residents are again fighting to keep their 310 area code. A revision in phone number rationing delayed the process but, faced with a finite total of numbers, the PUC has opened the public ...