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 ...

After a two-year battle between West Los Angeles residents and the telephone industry over changes to the 310 area code, state regulators have recommended moving forward with a plan to switch everyone ...

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 ...

It might be Code Red in the 310 dialing area this month when the state’s first area code overlay goes into full effect on L.A.’s Westside. Beginning July 26, all calls made within the 310 territory ...

The Joint Telecommunications Carriers (JTC), a consortium of landline and wireless telecom providers, today announced details about the California Public Utility Commission's decision to introduce the ...

During an April 26 hearing in El Segundo, the California Public Utilities Commission will listen to arguments regarding the implementation of a triggered overlay program that would force people to ...

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 ...