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 ...

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 ...