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 border, has suffered the final blow.

all available prefixes within the 415 area code would be tapped out by late 2015. And in an era when even watches make phone calls, no one wants to run out of numbers. Still, the new code may take ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Starting this Saturday, people dialing from a 415 phone number to another 415 number will have to dial 1 plus 415, as if they were calling another area code. People who don ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- With 415 area code phone numbers in short supply, at least one company is capitalizing on high demand by selling them for thousands of dollars. Ed Mance runs the ...

Well, not for everyone, not anymore. Beginning on Saturday, the 415 area code will be "overlaid" by the 628 in these cities: the county of San Francisco, most of Marin County and a small portion ...

If you grew up here, 415 was probably what you repped mercilessly. In the 1940s, the 415 area code stretched from Sacramento to Bakersfield. Even before 510, 650, 408 or 707, there was the 415. Want ...

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 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 ...

It’s all part of the rollout of the new 628 area code which will coexist with the current 415 area code. KRON 4’s Charles Clifford is in the newsroom to explain what is happening and how the ...