SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Get ready to dial more digits; big changes are coming to the 916 area code this weekend. Starting Saturday, people using a landline will have to dial a "1" then the area code for ...

It’s about to become a little harder to make a simple local phone call in the Sacramento area. Starting Saturday morning, landline phone users with a 916 number must dial a 1 and the area code to make ...

New area codes have begun to be assigned to the Sacramento region currently covered by the 916 area code as the population continues to grow.The California Public Utilities Commission expects that the ...

The continued growth of the Sacramento region could lead to the end of the 916 area code as we know it -- with the addition of a second three-digit area code.The California Public Utilities Commission ...

Hope that South Shore California residents might actually keep the 916 area code was choked off Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission. Last week Judge Timothy Kenney, with the ...

No new area codes will be needed by telephone users currently in the 916 area code because there are plenty of phone numbers still available, the state Public Utilities Commission reports. "We now ...

Mike Myers, 38, says he wants to talk to his parents more on the phone as his New Year’s resolution at the Farmers Market on Sun., Jan. 4, 2015 in Sacramento, Calif. Local residents may get a ...

California-side Tahoe residents who have not cultivated the habit of using their new 530 area code have a lot of catching up to do. On Saturday the grace period during which either the old 916 or the ...

The Sacramento region is about to get a new area code to supplement its overburdened 916 digits. The new number, 279, spells out C-R-Y, for what it’s worth. The California Public Utilities Commission ...

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