Phone users in the 805 area code will have to dial 10 digits for all calls — even local ones — starting Saturday. Cellphone users will have to dial the area code and phone number for calls to ...

The California Public Utilities Commission held a public meeting in Santa Barbara Monday to talk about the proposed plans to add an area code to the 805 region. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo ...

The 805 will be joined by a second area code — 820 — officially starting in June 2018. Not since 1999 has the area that includes Santa Barbara County been issued a new telephone code — that’s when 661 ...

Callers in the 805 area code will soon have to dial a 10-digit number, thanks to the addition of a new Central Coast area code.

California Public Utilities Commission officials are launching a process to add a new area code in a three-plus county region now served by 805.

The 805 area code likely will see an overlay, meaning that those with existing 805 phone numbers will keep their digits, and people assigned new phone numbers will get the new area code.

Plans to add a new area code to the 805 means Paul Strauss may one day have to dial 11 digits to call someone who lives next door.

One thing many of us asked Santa for this Christmas is a break from robocalls, the solicitors and scammers who call our phones in a relentless attempt to get money. People with the 805 area code ...

Santa Ynez Valley Fruit and Vegetable Rescue is one of five groups participating in Glean805, the second joint effort of gleaning groups in the 805 area code to collect food that might otherwise ...

Thanks to 805 legends of the past, present and future for coming out and showing why we’re the best area code around. Team C&C and womens winner Makena Burke.