Remember when Los Angeles had only one area code? Of course you don't. The area's relentless growth forced regulators to split the iconic 213 area code again and again, starting a mere four years ...

A July 19, 1984, Los Angeles Times article about area codes contained a map of the two — count them, two — area codes for Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times archive / newspapers.com) Long ago, when the ...

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Long ago, when the world was young and there were only landlines, one area code ruled them all, from the Mexican border to Bakersfield: 213. Then it began to divide and multiply. 714 was born, and 805 ...