2006-04-06

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'Paywall' removed

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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Momentum for school bond starts to build



Now that the Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) has voted to place a $128 million bond measure on the June ballot, officials say their next step is to garner support for the bond. District Superintendent Sandra Smyser reported at a recent school board meeting that district officials are available to present information about the bond to groups and organizations […]

Food for thought



LUCKY DUCK-Four-yearold Jovany Duran of Thousand Oaks makes a friendly overture to a duck at Oak Canyon Park last Sunday. The sprawling park, at Kanan Road and Hollytree Drive in Oak Park, features a pond, hiking trails and hilly open spaces.

Acorn grows in Camarillo



The Camarillo Acorn, a free weekly community newspaper, will begin delivery tomorrow to 25,000 homes and businesses in Camarillo. It becomes the fifth publication in The Acorn family of newspapers. The Camarillo Acorn will join the Moorpark Acorn and the Simi Valley Acorn with a Friday distribution, while The Acorn and the Thousand Oaks Acorn will continue to be distributed […]

School’s future remains uncertain



Part I of Two Parts For the first time since kindergarten, Kyle Crane has experienced a successful year at school. Kyle is a ninth-grade student at Weyland Academy in Camarillo, a privately owned special education school that operates on public funds. But the school lost most of its 18 students from the Conejo Valley to the city of Ventura last […]

Opponents hope to send Triangle Ranch back to square one

Attorney hired to fight development

A group of area residents has hired noted Santa Monica environmental lawyer Frank Angel to carry the fight against Triangle Ranch, a 71-home development in unincorporated Los Angeles County near Kanan and Cornell roads in rural Agoura. Angel helped defeat Ahmanson Ranch, the proposed 3,000-home mini-city in eastern Ventura County. The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department sent the developers […]

Chamber of Commerce presents full line-up of April events



The Calabasas Chamber of Commerce will host a number of events this month. To make a reservation for the April programs, please call the Chamber office at (818) 222-5680, or download the event registration form at www. calabasaschamber.com. Wed., April 12: The city of Calabasas and Calabasas Chamber of Commerce will host a public forum on “The Comprehensive Secondhand Smoke […]

Oak Park



At 2:30 a.m. March 25 on Kanan Road at Deerhill Road, police arrested a motorist for possession of marijuana while driving. A thief stole $3,000 worth of property from a garage in the 6000 block of Alexander Court between 11 p.m. March 22 and 7 a.m. March 23.

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NEEDS A BEST FRIEND-Bailey, a female German shepherd, 2, has a great, playful disposition. Bailey can be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road. To take Bailey home, ask for ID No. #A3324785. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so please call (818) 9910071 first or visit http:// animalcontrol.co.la.ca.us. JANN HENDRY Acorn Newspapers

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We’re just about halfway through the Marmonte League baseball schedule and things are really starting to take shape. At least that’s the way it seemed before last week when Simi Valley upset Agoura, who at the time was the No. 1 ranked team in the Baseball America/ National High School Baseball Coaches Association Top 50 poll. Agoura slipped to No. […]

Agoura shortstop Farinacci off to another hot start

Four-year varsity player now a grizzled veteran

If Reggie Jackson is Mr. October, then Agoura senior shortstop Nick Farinacci might be Mr. March. For the second straight season, Farinacci, a four-year varsity letterman, has gotten off to a blazing start at the plate. Prior to today’s game against Newbury Park, Farinacci was batting .425 with 17 hits, 17 RBIs and four home runs in a team-high 40 […]