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.

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 ...

After considerable confusion, state regulators now say thedemise of the 760 area code in North County will apply to cellphones, too. To cope with steadily growing demand for new phone numbers, ...

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 new 442 area code will serve customers in the same region as the 760 area code. Beginning in May, callers in the 760 area code will have to dial 1-760, then the number. The 442 code will go into ...

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 ...