Remember when Los Angeles had only one area code? Of course you don't. The area's relentless growth forced regulators to split the iconic 213 area code again and again, starting a mere four years ...

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 ...

Find out why southern Arizona residents will soon encounter a new area code. Learn about the factors causing the shortage of phone numbers.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTXL) — When telephone lines expanded ...

Los Angeles is running out of new phone numbers for the area code that covers the west-of-downtown core of this metropolis. We're talking, of course, about 323. “The 323 area code is expected to use ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Los Angeles already has more area codes than ...