It's official: the good old 408 area code will soon be invaded by the new 669. For the first time in the Bay Area, a new area code does not mean a new area. 669 numbers will be given to new customers ...

There are 8 million phone numbers in the naked city. And no matter who you were calling in San Jose — or large swaths of the South Bay — for the past half century, you’ve had to dial this: area code ...