2000-12-21

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The new millennium has been a transformative time for newspaper publishing.

Changing reader habits and the advent of new technology have placed big demands on companies in the print news business.

The Acorn and its parent company, Times Media Group, understand that their biggest responsibility is not only the delivery of credible, relevant information in a timely fashion, but making sure residents have easy access to the publication when stories become available.

That’s why we’re super excited about the news being shared today.

Following a five-year stretch in which Acorn readers were given the option of purchasing online subscriptions to the paper, that so-called “paywall” is coming down.

“Mr. Publisher, tear down this wall,” the late President Ronald Reagan might have once said.

And so we did.

Starting immediately, all online content from our five Acorn publications will be available at no charge to the reader, meaning a paid subscription is no longer required to click and read articles. The weekly Acorn has always been delivered to your driveway at no cost—that more than 40-year tradition will continue—and from now on The Acorn on the internet will be free as well.

Why the change?

The Acorn is your community newspaper, and we want to make sure it stays that way. We believe it’s important that residents feel a connection to the stories we write and also learn about the businesses that advertise in their community. The absence of a paywall is the best way to ensure this free-flow of information remains.

We also invite readers to sign up for the new, easy-to-read Acorn newspaper e-edition delivered weekly to your e-mail. Viewed on mobile, desktop or laptop, the pages are super easy to navigate and, free, just like the print paper.

Local journalism is first gear in the engine that drives America’s free press, and a free press it shall be.

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Happy Hanukkah!



LIGHTING THE MENORAH––Assisted by Von’s store manager Ray Gonzales, center, and assistant manager Bob Ordas, right, Rabbi Yisroel Levine of Chabad of the Conejo places a Menorah near the front entrance of the Von’s Market on Kanan Road at Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Agoura Hills. Local neighborhood Chabads annually place Menorahs in malls and supermarkets to help spread the light […]

Merry Christmas!



THE REAL REASON FOR CHRISTMAS––This Nativity featuring live animals and costumed actors captures a scene from the Biblical Christmas. It was a dramatic finale to last weekend’s Bethlehem Experience at Westminister Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village. The annual three-night presentation attracted approximately 1,000 vehicles. Motorists cruised through with their headlights off and viewed a variety of reenactments of Bethlehem.

Calabasas passes new laws on home additions, new housing in Highlands, Topanga

Acorn Staff Writer

Despite continuous discord between homeowners and landowners in the Old Topanga and Calabasas Highlands areas of Calabasas, the city council recently approved a controversial ordinance requiring more restrictive regulations for new homes built in those areas. Since May 17, the Old Topanga and Calabasas Highlands overlay zones have been under a building moratorium established by the Calabasas City Council as […]

EIR finished on new school in Agoura Hills

Acorn Staff Writer

Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) has completed a draft environmental impact report (EIR) on the relocation of Yerba Buena Elementary School in Agoura Hills, despite opposition by a private developer. The school district wants Yerba Buena, a crowded, 33-year-old elementary school on Larboard Lane, to be moved to a new residential development being planned for the northern tip of […]

LVUSD names Jordan as new board president

Acorn Staff Writer

The Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) Board of Education appointed Judy Jordan to a third term as president of the board during a reorganization last week. Jordan, 60, has been on the school board for 11 years and served as president in 1992 and 1996. She replaces outgoing president Charlotte Meyer. Both Jordan and Meyer are Calabasas residents. Jordan […]

Early deadlines



The Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays on the next two Mondays are forcing The Acorn Newspapers into early deadlines. Space must be reserved by noon tomorrow, Fri., Dec. 22 for all display and classified advertising in the Dec. 28 edition. Our office will be closed both Mon., Dec. 25 and Mon., Jan. 1. Happy holidays!

Oak Park youngster beats cancer

Acorn Staff Writer

Bryce Arenson, 6 and a first grader at Oak Hills Elementary School, attended a party at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center last week to celebrate his victory over cancer. There was food, music, Santa Claus, and a slide show of many cancer patients, including Bryce, showing their journeys toward beating the disease. Arenson was 5 years old when his parents and […]

L.A. County employment kiosks to open



L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky recently announced implementation of an innovative new program for county job seekers: a multi-media, interactive network of 13 information kiosks strategically placed throughout the county. Yaroslavsky said the network of touch-screen electronic information booths provides immediate information about job opportunities, career counseling, job bank linkages, job search assistance, child care, transportation, One-Stop Career Center locations, […]

Mink promoted to full-time public works director

Acorn Staff Writer

The city of Calabasas recently added interim Public Works Director Charles Mink to its roster of permanent employees. Mink has served in the position on a contract basis since September of 1999, and now has been assigned the full-time position, which will officially begin on next Tues., Dec. 26. Mink, who goes by "Chuck," spent the last 15 months doing […]

Coyote attacks continue

Acorn Staff Writer

Coyotes are attacking local cats and dogs. Steve Rosenstein, a DVM at the Agoura/Westlake Animal Hospital, helped stitch up a dog from a coyote attack a few weeks ago. The veterinarian treated still another injured dog from a similar attack last week. This dog was left with four puncture wounds and a leg in a cast. The white Maltese was […]