San Francisco resisted an area code change, but in the end new phone numbers will no longer come with the 66-year-old 415 prefix. Get ready for 628. “Everyone loves 415,” said Christine Falvey, Mayor ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Major changes to phone service in San Francisco, Marin and parts of San Mateo are only a few weeks away. It’s all part of the rollout of the new 628 area code which will coexist ...

The California Public Utilities Commission approved the new area code Thursday as part of an "overlay" plan for the same geographic region as the existing "415" area code. New telephone numbers will ...

The plan is quite controversial to people who don't want to be inconvenienced and people who simply have pride in "the 415." If you need convincing that 415 is a status symbol, look no further than ...

The "415" code currently covers San Francisco, Marin County, and parts of the Northern Peninsula, but it's expected to run out of numbers by 2015, so a new area code, "628," will soon be introduced.