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| | 805 area code on overload! |
 | | Area code 805 which covers all of Santa Barbara County, the majority of Kern, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties, the northern tip of Los Angeles County and small portions of Monterey, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties will be split along as-yet unknown geographic lines to be announced in the third quarter of 1997. |
 | | The new area code taking on portions of the 805 territory is expected to be in use by early 1999. |
 | | Already, area code relief coordinators, such as Hescox, have been forced to delve into area codes that don't have the traditional 0 or 1 as the second digit, such as the 760 code that will soon govern long distance calls to parts of eastern Kern County. |
| www.areacode-info.com /!headline/1997/CA970103.HTM (994 words) |
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