Phone users in the 805 area code will have to dial 10 digits for all calls — even local ones — starting Saturday. Cellphone users will have to dial the area code and phone number for calls to and from ...

It may not carry the same ring as an emblem but 820 will be introduced as an area code in a region currently tattooed only by 805. The old area code will remain, according to a decision approved by ...

The California Public Utilities Commission held a public meeting in Santa Barbara Monday to talk about the proposed plans to add an area code to the 805 region. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) While ...

A new area code is coming to the 805 region because of math. By June 2018, available telephone prefixes in the three-plus county region that currently uses 805 will run out. A plan to add a new area ...

The 805 area code that stretches from San Luis Obispo south to Ventura County has inspired local pride in various forms, but that regional enthusiasm will soon have to be shared with a new number.

If I hear again that irritating, three-tone phone chime followed by a new Tweedledum that says I’m dimwitted for not dialing 805 before a local number, one that I’ve called for 45 years without that ...