2007-05-10

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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 Mother’s Day 2007

Mother's Day is May 13 and Acorn readers offer these best wishes to the greatest moms in the world

Makes me breakfast, lunch, and dinner Of all the Moms in the world, she is the best Makes me smarter These are some of the reasons why my Mom is special. Andrew Campion, Agoura Hills My mother, Joyce Fizzolio, was special because she touched the lives of so many people. She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a […]

Judge rules further study needed for Agoura Village

Environmental report inadequate

By Stephanie Bertholdo  bertholdo@theacorn.com A 135-acre swath just south of the 101 Freeway at Agoura Road is poised to one day become Agoura Village, a new commercial and residential town center, but city officials hit a snag in their development plans following a court order for additional environmental studies. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant ruled April 20 that […]

Oak Park beefs up emergency preparedness



Oak Park is better prepared for a major emergency. An amateur radio system has been purchased by the Community Emergency Response Team to help in the event cellphones and other communication systems fail. “We’re kind of isolated here in Oak Park. In a catastrophic event where phones are down the amateur radio will be up and running,” said Diane Starzak, […]

Calabasas up for All-America City honor



Calabasas is a finalist for the 2007 National Civic League All-America City Award, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious civic recognition program. The award recognizes exemplary community vision, collaborative problemsolving and inclusiveness to meet local challenges. The 21 finalists will participate in the All-America City competition June 68 in Anaheim. “This program spotlights hope and a can-do spirit behind the […]

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Agoura Someone stole a navigation system, an iPod, sunglasses, a CD player and a wallet from a vehicle parked on Ember Court April 23. The loss was about $5,000. Vandals caused $300 in damages when they spray-painted the restroom at Old Agoura Park on Chesebro Road. Burglars stole a $750 purse containing a $100 wallet and $30 in cash from […]

Westlake man found shot at LAX

Not known if death was homicide or suicide

The body of 57-year-old Westlake Village resident Robert Lee Scoville was discovered in Parking Structure 3 at Los Angeles International Airport with at least one gunshot wound to his upper torso. At around 2:45 a.m. on May 1 an airport custodian on a break noticed a man slumped over the steering wheel of a late-model BMW parked at LAX, said […]

FOR THE RECORD



+The Music For Heart event at The Canyon was sponsored by the Delaney Kate Heart Fund program and the Rotary Club of Agoura Hills and Oak Park, not the Kiwanis.The event raised more than $50,000, and the Rotary Club donated an additional $35,000 to the charity. +Darren Gill from the FieldTurf Corp., not Donald Zimring, deputy superintendent of the Las […]

A pit bull that attacked a woman and pets is euthanized



Blue, the pit bull that escaped from the Agoura Animal Shelter and went on a bloody attack in Thousand Oaks, has been put to death. “He was euthanized right away due to the circumstances and a sample to check for rabies was sent to Ventura Public Health,” said Michelle Roache, deputy director of Los Angeles Animal Care and Control. The […]

Water board fails bid to become an elected body



A motion that would turn the Triunfo Sanitation District board of directors into an elected body was defeated at a TSD meeting April 30. Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, a member of the Triunfo board, was behind the move, but the only support she received from the five-member panel was from Chair Janna Orkney. Three members of the water board […]

Mom’s duties extend beyond the family



Among the moms who will be honored this Sunday on Mother’s Day are those who “mother” well beyond their own families. Teachers, principals, volunteers and others who take care of us and our children through their jobs and leadership roles are special people indeed. Three such women have had a major impact on the lives of Oak Park residents. Mae […]