(Adds PUC’s decision today approving the area code overlay.) The California Public Utilities Commission today OK’d the recommendation of one of its administrative law judges to add the 657 area code ...

Tomorrow – Feb. 23 – is the day we 714 denizens must start practicing dialing 1 + area code + phone number even if we’re trying to reach the guy next door. That’s because soon new numbers in the area ...

The California Public Utilities Commission decided Thursday to add a new overlay area code, 657, in the region that has long been home to area code 714, citing a shortage of unused phone numbers.

A shortage of phone numbers in the 714 area code that includes Huntington Beach and neighboring cities could prompt the addition of a new 657 area code. The exchange is expected to run out of new ...