STATE APPROVES 805 CODE SPLIT; EASTERN REGION SLATED TO GET NEW NUMBER IN 15 MONTHS.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Residents in Lancaster, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , Palmdale and Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County: Get ready to say good-bye to area code 805 starting in February 1999. The California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, on Wednesday approved a plan to split the existing area code, spokesman Kyle <noinclude></noinclude> ''This article or section is being rewritten at One derivation of the surname is from the Scottish Highland word caol, 'channel', or 'strait'. There are other possible derivations (see below). DeVine said. There's no word yet on what the new code will be. Customers in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Ventura and San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. counties will continue to be in the 805 area code for the next nine years or so, DeVine said. Business leaders say changing area codes will cost local businesses and residents, but they are resigned to it. ``It's inevitable. It's part of progress,'' said Howard Brooks, executive director of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Board of Trade. ``It's a necessary evil.'' The 805 area was once part of the 213 area code, which was one of three original codes in California when the system was introduced in 1947. The 213 area code was split in 1957, and the new area was designated 805. The new code will be the 24th in the state and is expected to last about 15 years before it runs out of numbers, DeVine said. The area code dilemma has cropped up all across America in recent years, due to the explosion in the number of faxes, cellular phones, pagers and other devices that require phone numbers. The area code split got a tentative go-ahead in August from the California-Nevada Code Administration, but approval was also needed by the California Public Utilities Commission. Under the plan, the eastern area would receive a new code, California's 24th, on Feb. 13, 1999. Calls dialed with the 805 area code, however, would go through for six months following that date to ease into the change. The price of calls would remain the same, CNCA CNCA Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes CNCA Centre for Neural Computing Applications CNCA China National Coal Association CNCA Camino Nuevo Charter Academy (Los Angeles, CA) CNCA Council for National Cooperation in Aquatics officials said. The new area code, which has not been established, would be selected by a national agency called Bellcore. After receiving the information, the CNCA decided to recommend a plan that would split the area code into east and west regions rather than north and south regions. It was recommended that the western portion keep the 805 area code because projections show it will need another area code in about nine or 10 years, much sooner than the eastern region, which will need a new one in about 14 to 17 years. CAPTION(S): Map Map: (Color) Retains 805 - New area code (SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY - KERN COUNTY) |
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