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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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Whooping cough cases triple in Los Angeles County this year



Los Angeles County recently revealed a large increase in reported cases of pertussis (whooping cough). The outbreak is similar throughout California and the United States, according to health officials.  By the end of August, over 178 pertussis cases were reported to the L.A. County Immunization Program this year, nearly a three-fold increase in the number of cases reported in the […]

Holiday season sparkles in the Conejo



PEACE ON EARTH—Whether it’s the delightful Christmas display at the Burko family’s Lake Lindero Drive home in Agoura Hills, above, or the 6-foot-tall menorah made entirely of Legos by the children of the Friendship Circle, left, the goodwill of the holidays makes its way into the hearts and homes of those across the Conejo Valley.

Sing we all Noël



Music Man of the cloth



Lindero teacher organizes drive to support the troops abroad

Donations give soldiers a connection to home

Daria Carpiac, a seventhgrade social sciences teacher at Lindero Canyon Middle School in Agoura Hills, recently enlisted the help of her students in collecting donations for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. Under Carpiac’s initiative and guidance, Lindero organized its first school-wide support drive for troops currently overseas. Carpiac began a classroom donation drive two years ago when a family friend, […]

Sing, sing, sing



Oak Park winter recreation brochure now available



The Oak Park winter recreation brochure may be picked up at the Oak Park Community Center or Mae Boyar Park or by calling (818) 865-9304 to request one by mail. Recreation class information may also be found on the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District ’s website at www.rsrpd.org or www.oakparkupdate.com. Highlights of the winter activities include tennis, softball, yoga, […]

Triunfo YMCA to offer soccer for young children



The Triunfo YMCA, serving Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Oak Park, is introducing “Itty-Bitty” soccer league for boys and girls ages 3 to 4. Signups for players and coaches are underway. The season will run from mid-January through March and games will be played at Willow Elementary School, 29026 Laro Drive, Agoura Hills. “Itty-Bitty soccer is a different kind of […]

Kosher market offers hard-to-find delicacies

New mom-andpop store takes pride in quality products

Isaac Ellison’s Super Sal market, tucked into the Agoura Hills City Mall off Kanan Road, is a throwback to time before giant supermarkets shuttered many of the locally-owned mom and pop shops. What makes the local market particularly special is that many of the items sold in the 2,500square-foot store are Glatt kosher. “Glatt kosher meat is very high quality,” […]