A new area code is coming to Northern California to supplement the 530 code, which stretches from the edge of the Bay Area to the state’s borders with Oregon and Nevada.

The California Public Utilities Commission announced Thursday that the new 837 area code will be added as an overlay to the 530 area starting Jan. 31, 2025 because of high demand for new telephone numbers in the area.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.