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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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Rockin’ at The Lakes



GOT THE BEAT- Drummer Ben Zelico, 13, of Oak Park puts on quite a drumming display as he performs with the band Innuendo at The Lakes at Thousand Oaks last Thursday. The Lakes was hosting a Back to School Bounce event to mark the end of summer.

Collaborative fundraising group supports new school



The fundraising arm of the new Las Virgenes Community Learning Center is as different as the school. Called CAPT’n’S for “Collaborative Alliance Parents Teachers and Students,” the parentfacultystudent group is being run by parent Deana Camberg. She said that of the $42,750 parents pledged to contribute, the school has already received $32,707. The balance of the money owed will be […]

Calabasas High hosts car wash

Proceeds to benefit dance program

The Calabasas High School Dance Team will host a car wash from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., Sept. 8 in the school parking lot at 22855 W. Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. Prices are $5 with ASB identification, $7 for small cars and $10 large cars. Proceeds benefit the Calabasas High dance program. For more information, email Linda Hauss, dance team […]

Community Learning Center created in record time



Las Virgenes Community Learning Center, an alternative elementary school based at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas, opened Wednesday with 154 students, seven teachers, a wellfunded Parent Faculty Association and a fresh approach to delivering standard-based education to youngsters in kindergarten through fifth grade. Itamar and Brenda Harari, the husband-and-wife educational team who provided the impetus to open an elementary […]

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OFF TO A GOOD START- From left, teacher Brian Borg, Migi Donahue, 9, from Calabasas and Eli Spiegel, 8, from Westlake Village enjoy listening to other students describe their summer vacations. Wednesday was the first day of school for the Las Virgenes Community Learning Center.

Local Business Briefs



Remodeling show The Conejo Valley Home Remodeling Show is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat., Sept. 8 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., Sept. 9 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. The event will feature more than 200 vendors showcasing the latest in home improvement products and services. YogaWorks in Westlake […]

Westlake’s Carson notches resume



Kipp Brant Drummond & Associates, a retirement and financial planning firm in Ventura, announced the hiring of Randal Carson of Westlake Village as an associate vice president and wealth advisor. Carson, a fifth generation native of Southern California, has more than 25 years of experience in the financial industry, having represented such companies as E.F. Hutton and City National Bank. […]

Datebook



THURS., AUG. 30 Scouts Go Hawaiian Girl Scouts host “Go Girl” Hawaiian-style celebration for ages 5 to 12, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Conejo Community Park, 1175 Hendrix Ave., Thousand Oaks. Learn about Girl Scouting, hula dancing, crafts, songs. Open to public. Free to attend, $10 Scout registration fee. Ice cream, shaved ice for sale. Register Nikki De La Torre, (805) […]

Program promises the key to health, happiness



Speakers and performers will present “Keeping it real: the key to health and happiness” at 7 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 27 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Talk show host Dennis Prager, actress Mariel Hemingway and nutritionist Robert Ferguson will tell how they found health and happiness. Stephan Choiniere, formerly of Cirque du […]

Students’ return to class marked by changes at the top

Besides personnel shuffle, a new LVUSD learning center is opened

Campuses in the Las Virgenes Unified School District are opening their doors this year to a number of new teachers, administrators and support staff. In addition to the new personnel, other changes in the district include the opening of the new Las Virgenes Community Learning Center, an alternative elementary school on the campus of A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas. […]