Four years after attempts to split the 310 area code sparked protests from Santa Monica to San Pedro, a state regulatory judge will propose later this week that the South Bay should be broken off 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Guest host Patt Morrison talks with USC Annenberg School for Communication Professor and telecom expert A. Michael Noll. With news of the change in the 310 area code, Professor Noll will reveal why we ...

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 ...

*310. 212. 213. 312. If you know, you know. Over nearly 80 years, area codes have come to signify regional identities and a deep connection to a place. So what happens when tech and population growth ...