Residents and businesses on L.A.’s Westside and in the South Bay will have to dial 11 digits to make local calls starting next July as the state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday unanimously ...

The state Public Utilities Commission will hold public hearings today and Wednesday to gauge reaction to a proposal for a new “overlay” telephone code in the Westside and South Bay areas now served ...

Four years after attempts to split the 310 area code sparked protests from Santa Monica to San Pedro, a state regulatory judge will propose later this week that the South Bay should be broken off to ...

Guest host Patt Morrison talks with USC Annenberg School for Communication Professor and telecom expert A. Michael Noll. With news of the change in the 310 area code, Professor Noll will reveal why we ...

The Joint Telecommunications Carriers (JTC), a consortium of landline and wireless telecom providers, today announced details about the California Public Utility Commission's decision to introduce the ...

Westside residents are again fighting to keep their 310 area code. A revision in phone number rationing delayed the process but, faced with a finite total of numbers, the PUC has opened the public ...

During an April 26 hearing in El Segundo, the California Public Utilities Commission will listen to arguments regarding the implementation of a triggered overlay program that would force people to ...