Area code 415 is almost closed and when it is, newcomers won't be welcome. The area code that once encompassed all of the Bay Area is filling so fast with San Francisco and Marin County phones, fax ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Time is running out on the 415 area code and so are available 415 numbers, especially if you live in Marin County. As of February 1, the new 628 area code 'overlay' goes into ...

Eight-million phone numbers aren’t enough. San Francisco wants more, more, more. And so the once-mighty 415 area code, which six decades ago stretched from the middle of California to the Oregon ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Major changes to phone service in San Francisco, Marin and parts of San Mateo are only a few weeks away. It’s all part of the rollout of the new 628 area code which will coexist ...

Most people know you're a San Franciscan or a Marin County dweller if you give them your telephone prefix of 415. Well, not for everyone, not anymore. Beginning on Saturday, the 415 area code will be ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There is some confusion on how the new dialing system works for the 415 area code. It started on Saturday when calling a 415 number is now required. Callers using a land line ...

The California Public Utilities Commission is holding public hearings today and Thursday on plans to add a new area code to the current "415" area code zone. In light of projections that all of the ...

The California Public Utilities Commission approved the new area code Thursday as part of an "overlay" plan for the same geographic region as the existing "415" area code. New telephone numbers will ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Starting next February, San Francisco and Marin County residents will have to do something they've never done before: dial the numbers 4-1-5 when making a phone call. In ...

All across San Francisco today, April 15, people who grew up in “the 415” will be reveling in the music, art and food that has come to define the city. “Frisco culture is the mix — from the Chicano ...

The San Francisco region's 415 telephone area code is nearly full because of the cellphone surge and a 628 area code overlay is coming in 2015. The 415 area code has covered the entire San Francisco ...