Look out 818, here comes the 747. The telephone area code that has defined the San Fernando Valley for two decades is running out, and a new one may be approved as early as next week. A recent ...

818. For more than two decades, those three numbers have served as a point of pride for San Fernando Valley residents and occasionally used with derision by people on the other side of the Hollywood ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Starting Saturday, residents living in the San Fernando Valley will have ...

The San Fernando Valley got an additional area code on Saturday, and it changed the way numbers must be dialed. The state utilities commission approved the new area code in 2008, saying the vallley ...

The San Fernando Valley’s longtime area code, 818, has a companion starting today when local providers can start handing out the 747 area code. The state approved the creation of the new code for the ...

We take status symbols a long way in this town -- right down to the area code. Oh, you’re a 747? That’s new LA. Last May the city of Los Angeles announced the creation of the newest area code in the ...