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Did we get a wrong number? San Fernando Valley residents might wonder what happened to the 747 area code, which was created amid fanfare and grumbling last spring to serve new telephone customers in ...

We take status symbols a long way in this town -- right down to the area code. Oh, you’re a 747? That’s new LA. Last May the city of Los Angeles announced the creation of the newest area code in the ...

818. For more than two decades, those three numbers have served as a point of pride for San Fernando Valley residents and occasionally used with derision by people on the other side of the Hollywood ...

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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, Calif. Beginning May 18, new phone lines and services in the 818 area code which covers the San Fernando Valley, will be given the new 747 area code. But starting at 12:01 a.m.

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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY There's already 818 and 626. Now folks in the Valley may soon be dialing 747 as their area code. The new area code still has to be approved by the State Public Utilities Commission ...

Move over 818, the 747 is about to land. The 747 area code will share the same region as 818. The good news is valley customers won't have to change their existing home or cell phone numbers. The new ...