When was 310 area code created

If you are lucky enough to use area code , you're seen as one to be admired. You enjoy the Southern California lifestyle.

You hang out at the beach. You may even be connected to Hollywood. At least, this seems to be the status projected by your number and, to a lesser extent, area code - think Disney, Pasadena, Studio City when it pops up in other people's incoming calls.

Each prefix has 10, numbers. The plan was approved unanimously by the five-person board, which last year saw the departure of two commissioners -- Loretta Lynch and Carl Wood -- who had been skeptical of the need to change the Both were appointed by former Gov. Gray Davis. Their replacements are appointees of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Scott Taylor, district manager of the Futon Shop in West Los Angeles, said the overlay would be confusing for his customers. State Sen.

But there was also a sense from opponents that the long battle might finally be coming to an end. Under the plan, callers will be given a grace period beginning Dec.

But on July 26, , all customers will be required to dial 11 digits when making local calls -- even to a neighbor across the street -- and by Aug. In the end, PUC officials said, they believe Southern Californians will easily adapt to digit dialing.

As a La Canada Flintridge resident of the area code, commission president Peevey said he often has to dial 11 digits to make business or personal calls to in Pasadena, in Los Angeles, and on the Westside. Pacific Palisades attorney Ronald Dean said the toughest part of getting a new area code will be reprogramming his computerized telephone speed dialer, which contains about 1, phone numbers. He estimates that about of the numbers will need to have the digits added to them.

The calling code change creates an identity crisis for an 8-year-old publication called Beverly Hills According to publisher Seth Baker, the glossy tabloid, which profiles rich, fashionable and famous Westsiders, will not change its name, despite the fact that the bulk of that gilded city will be in the other calling zone. It has more or less always connoted the Beverly Hills area--the glitz, the good life, so to speak. Here is a look at the general boundaries of the area code that will take effect on Nov.

Ten cities, including Los Angeles, will be split by the new dialing code. Phone company officials say that the geographic boundaries shown are approximate and that prefixes are a better guide to which area code a particular phone number will fall. Several cities will receive both the and area codes. To determine the correct area code in those communities, here is a list of telephone prefixes by area code.

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