Northern Californians get the new 837 area code in 2025. Here's where, why, who gets it, and why this is different from the 916 shift, the state said.

Area code 837 will be added to the same California region that uses area code 530. The overlay takes effect on Jan. 31, 2025, the PUC announced earlier this year.

Area code 837 will be added to the same California region that uses area code 530. The overlay takes effect on Jan. 31, 2025, the PUC announced earlier this year.

The commission said that the new area code overlay, which is 837, adds an additional area code to the geographic region served by the existing 530 area code.

“Starting on January 31, 2025, customers in the 530 area code region may be assigned a number in the new 837 area code when they request new service or an additional line,” officials said ...

The 837 area code will be added as an overlay to the 530 area code in Northern California starting on January 31, 2025.

People who get a new phone line in a large part of northeastern California will soon have to deal with getting an area code they might not be used to seeing.

Current telephone numbers, including the current area code, will not change. Customers in 530 area code who request a new service or additional line may be assigned an 837 number. The commission ...

With new telephone numbers in the 530 area code region in “high demand,” the utilities commission approved an area code overlay that “adds a second area code to the same geographic region ...

The 530 area code is “in high demand” and is expected to be depleted by September 2025. Tim Robberts Getty Images Starting next year, residents and business owners in northeastern California ...

Butte County, and the 530 area code as a whole, will be getting a new code starting Jan. 31, 2024. According to an announcement and fact sheet from AT&T, the new 837 area code will be an overlay ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Due to popularity and scarcity, a new area code will be added to California’s 530 region. Starting January 31, 2025, customers in the 530 area code region may be ...