Move over 619, 760 and 858. There’s a new area code in the San Diego region and its name is 442. The code was actually created four years ago and covers the same region as 760, but until March — when ...

In the near future, High Desert residents will need to start changing the way they make phone calls. In less than a year, new phone lines in what is now the 760 area code will receive a 442 area code ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 | For Escondido hip hop artist Pain, the three digits at the front of ...

When the new 442 area code overlay goes into effect on May 2,everyone in the 760 area code should dial the full number for allcalls. That’s one of the steps telephone companies say callers shouldtake ...

North County residents will now have to start dialing a 1 and the area code when placing calls. The Del Mar Times reported that the 11-digit dialing procedure will be mandatory for all residential and ...

New area codes come to the North County, but it will mean big changes for people already using 760. With the new 442 area code coming to the North County, existing 760 users will soon have to dial ...

More local phone customers are giving out a new area code to their contacts — 442. The area code overlay is starting to be assigned to landline and wireless customers in the Victor Valley and Barstow.

SAN DIEGO – North County residents and businesses are adjusting to the addition of a new 442 area code. The new area code includes Encinitas, Carlsbad Oceanside, Escondido, Ramona and Julian. The 442 ...

The state Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to add a new area code to the same region that’s covered by the existing 760 area code. When 760 numbers are no longer available, new customers ...

Now that Orange County residents in the 714 area code have had a month to get used to dialing 11 digits just to call next door, we turn our attention south. The 760 area code in the San Diego area ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Who knew area codes would mean so much to so many people? A man named Linc Madison has poured ...