(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 ...

Orange County could be getting a fourth area code – 657 – by next year. A projected shortage of phone numbers in the 714 area code is prompting state regulators to hold public hearings later this ...

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 ...

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

Santa Ana - The 911 emergency call system crashed in a large area of Orange County early Saturday because of a glitch in introducing a new area code to the region, sheriff's and phone company ...