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 ...

A second area code — 820 — for those already in the 805 will mean a different way of calling for people on the Central Coast, with a 6-month practice period kicking off Dec. 1 (Verizon map) A second ...

Chicken Little can zip it. The sky won’t fall on Saturday when area code changes in a region now stamped with the 805 alters the way people dial with ripple effects that could reach alarm systems, fax ...

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 ...

Starting next year, Central Coast radio DJs will have to start referring to their listener base as the 805 and the 820. In June 2018, the California Public Utilities Commission will start issuing new ...