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 ...

Two alternatives for adding a new telephone area code to the 415 region were presented Thursday to more than 40 people at an afternoon meeting in San Rafael. Maps of Marin and San Francisco counties ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- If your area code is 415, big changes are in store for you this year. State officials have approved a new calling procedure for most and a new area code for others. Starting ...

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 ...

Marin residents have mixed ideas on how to handle a shortage of phone numbers in the 415 area code, but they all agree it’s going to be a hassle moving forward. “I’m alarmed there haven’t been fixes ...